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more depressed ; snout longer than the diameter of the orbit or 

 the distance between the eye and the ear-opening ; forehead slightly 

 concave ; ear-opening elliptical, oblique, one third to one halt' the 

 diameter of the eye. Body rather short, not much depressed. 

 Limbs moderate ; digits short, thick, slightly depressed at the base, 

 compressed at the end, beneath with enlarged plates. Head 

 covered with granules, which are larger on the snout ; rostral quad- 

 rangular, generally nearly twice as broad as deep ; nostril pierced 

 between the rostral, the first labial, and several small scales ; 9 

 to 11 upper and 7 to 9 lower labials ; mental triangular ; a pair 

 of large chin-shields forming a suture behind the point of the 

 mental, surrounded by several smaller shields. Upper surface 

 of body covered with small granules, which are uniform or inter- 

 mixed with more or less numerous, irregularly scattered, small 

 roundish keeled tubercles. Abdominal scales small, cycloid, imbri- 

 cate, smooth. No femoral or praeanal pores. Tail cylindrical, 

 tapering, probably prehensile, covered with small imbricate smooth 

 scales, largest below. Pale brownish above, variously ornamented 

 with brown spots or cross bands becoming blackish towards their 

 borders and more or less distinctly finely margined with lighter ; 



a brown band passing through the eye ; lower surfaces whitish, the 

 throat reticulated with brown, which reticulation has a tendency to 

 form oblique lines. 



From snout to vent 2 inches; tail T7. 



Hab. India south of 20, and Ceylon ; found in the daytime 

 under stones or dead trees, in forests. 



58. Gymnodactylus jeyporensis. 



Gymnodactylus jeyporensis, Beddome, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 685 j Boideng. 

 Cat. Liz. i, p. 36, pi. iv, fig. 2. 



Head rather large, oviform ; snout longer than the diameter of 

 the orbit or the distance between the eye and the ear-opening; 

 forehead and loreal region slightly concave ; ear-opening an oblique 

 slit, three fifths the diameter of the eye. Body depressed, rather 

 short. Limbs moderate ; digits rather short, cylindrical in their 

 basal, compressed in their distal portion, with enlarged plates 

 beneath. Head covered with large subequal flat granules ; rostral 

 quadrangular, twice as broad as deep, with median cleft above ; 

 nostril pierced between the rostral, the first labial, and three nasals ; 

 10 upper and 7 lower labials ; mental triangular ; a pair of large 

 chin-shields forming a suture behind the point of the mental, sur- 

 rounded by much smaller chin-shields. Body covered above with 

 uniform juxtaposed large squarish or hexagonal flat scales arranged 

 regularly like the bricks of a wall. Abdominal scales smooth, 

 round, imbricate, not half the size of the dorsals. No enlarged 

 pnoanal or femoral scales or pores. Tail cylindrical, tapering, 

 slightly swollen, covered with uniform, rather large smooth scales, 

 which are imbricate beneath. Light yellowish brown above, with 



