102 Mr. J. A. Murray on the 



4. Gymnodactylus hrevipes. 

 Gymnodactylus brevipes, Blf. East Pers. p. 344, 



Three : Bush ire, Oct. 1883. 



One : Tanjistan, Aug. 1876. 



Tliis has been recorded from Aptar, near Bampur, In Be- 

 loochistan. Mr. Curaming's collection from Bushire contains 

 well-marked specimens of this species. 



5. Gymnodactylus scaber, Riipp. 



Thirteen : Bushire, June, July, August, 1883. 



Seven: Tanjistan, September 1876. 



In form the counterpart of Gymnodactylus petrensis^ 

 Murray (Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 362). 



Kostral broader than high and cleft above. Upper 

 labials 10-12 ; lower labials 8-10. Pupil vertical ; first 

 labial and three small shields behind rather smaller than 

 those covering the muzzle ; interorbital space and occiput 

 with large conical tubercles interspersed, a few also on 

 the muzzle and a line of 3-4 in front of each eye. Two 

 pairs of chin- shields, the first largest and in contact. Back 

 covered with granular scales and sharply-keeled trihedral 

 tubercles, the latter as large as or slightly larger than 

 the vertical ear-o])ening, and arranged across the middle of 

 the trunk in 14 longitudinal rows ; between the hind limbs 

 the number is six. The tubercles on the sides of the body 

 are rather smaller and subcarinate. Scales across the middle 

 of the abdomen in 18-20 rows. Preanal pores 5-6. Outer 

 surface of limbs wnth large trihedral tubercles. A pair of 

 tubercles on each side of the sacral region. The fore limb 

 laid forward reaches the end of the snout ; laid back it reaches 

 the axil of the hind limb. The hind limb laid forward 

 extends beyond the axil of the fore limb. Tail verticillate, 

 with three rows of sharply- keeled trihedral tubercles on each 

 side to within an inch of the tip, beyond which it is covered 

 with irregularly-arranged imbricate scales. Subcaudals 

 distinct, single, about 44-54 ; a few of the anterior ones bifid. 



Length 4"5 to 5 inches, of which the tail is 2'5 to 2*75. 



Colour greyish brown, with three longitudinal rows of 

 dusky subquadrate spots on the back ; in some specimens one 

 more row of rather indistinct spots on each side. Tail with 

 10-12 dark bands above. 



Ilab. Bushire and Tanjistan, in Persia ; Fao, in Southern 

 Mesopotamia, at the head of the Persian Gulf, on the banks 

 of the Shat-el-Arab, and Charbar, in Beloochistan. 



