Mr. G. A. Boulenger 07i a neio Oecko. 91 



XI. — Descrij)tion of a new Gecko of the Genus Neplirurus. 

 By G. A. Boulenger. 



Neplirurus plat?/ic7'us J sp. n. 



Head large, oviform, very distinct from neck ; snout as long- 

 as the diameter of the orbit, or the distance between the latter 

 and the ear ; loreal region and forehead concave ; ear-opening 

 a vertical slit, measuring two fifths the diameter of the orbit. 

 Body and limbs as in N. as^^er, but the palmar pads far less 

 distinct. Vertex and occiput with juxtaposed rough subconi- 

 cal tubercles of subequal size ; only four of these tubercles 

 across the middle of the interorbital space (ten tubercles or 

 granules across the same region in N. asjjer) ; snout with 

 smaller keeled granules; loreal concavity minutely granulate ; 

 temples finely granulate, with equidistant, round, rough tuber- 

 cles ; upper eyelid without conical tubercles ; rostral as broad 

 as mental (nearly twice as broad as mental in N. asper) ; 

 seventeen upper and about as many lower labials ; no chin- 

 shields. Body and limbs finely and uniformly granulate infe- 

 riorly, more coarsely above, where the granules are intermixed 

 with numerous isolated, conical tubercles ; gular region granu- 

 late, with slightly enlarged tubercles on the sides. Tail half 

 as long as head and body, depressed, as broad as the body, 

 attenuated at the end, which bears a globular knob ; the upper 

 surface of the dilated portion of the tail with transverse series 

 of conical spinose tubercles ; eighteen transverse grooves are 

 distinct on the upper and lateral surfaces of the tail ; lower 

 surface uniformly and finely granulate. Pale brownish above, 

 with three angular brown cross bars on the neck and shoulders, 

 and two similar ones on the sacrum, separated by narrower 

 whitish interspaces ; border of the eye, and a spot in front of 

 and another below the same, whitish ; a brown horizontal spot 

 in front of the eye, below the white spot ; some of the enlarged 

 dorsal and caudal tubercles whitish ; lower surfaces whitish. 



millim. 



Total length 87 



Head 20 



Width of head 15 



Body 39 



Fore limb 25 



Hind limb 30 



Tail 28 



A male specimen, from Adelaide, presented to tlie Natural 

 History Museum by the lie v. T. E. Lea. 



