66 GECKXXNIDJE. 



large reddish-brown, black-edged spots arranged in pairs ; two 

 transverse spots on the nape, the posterior crescent-shaped ; head 

 with small darker spots and a streak from the eye to the ear ; lips 

 and side of throat with small brown dots and marblings ; lower 

 surfaces brownish white. 



Prom snout to vent 2 inches. 



Hob. Patinghe Hill, Jeypore, near Vizagapatatn, 4200 feet ; in 

 woods. 



59. Gymnodactylus deccanensis. 



Gymnodactylus deccanensis, Gilnth. Rept. B. I. p. 115, pi. xii, fig. E ; 

 Theob. Cat. p. 81 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 30. 



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

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

 head and loreal region concave ; ear-opening suboval, vertical, about 

 one third the diameter of the eye. Body moderately elongate, de- 



Sressed. Limbs rather long; digits moderately elongate, cylin- 

 rical in the basal, compressed in the distal portion ; the plates 

 under the basal phalanx very small, little larger than the surround- 

 ing tubercles. Head covered with convex granules, largest on the 

 snout and temples ; rostral quadrangular, not quite twice as broad 

 as deep, with median cleft above ; nostril pierced between the 

 rostral, the first labial, and three nasals ; 9 to 11 upper and as 

 many lower labials ; mental triangular or pentagonal ; a pair of 

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

 mental, in contact externally and posteriorly with two smaller 

 pairs. Body covered above with large juxtaposed subequal tubercles 

 arranged in more or less regular transverse series; these tubercles 

 flat or very slightly keeled, generally with a small raised point in 

 the centre. Abdominal scales round, smooth, subimbricate, much 

 smaller than dorsals. Males with enlarged prseanal and femoral 

 scales, but without pores. Tail cylindrical, tapering, covered with 

 uniform smooth scales arranged in rings. Keddish brown above, 

 with narrow white, black-edged cross bars ; the first semicircular, 

 extending from one eye to the other across the nape ; a second on 

 the scapular region, two on the body, and a fifth on the sacrum ; 

 similar bands forming annuli round the tail ; lower surfaces whitish. 

 From snout to vent 2-5 inches ; tail 2-25. 

 Hob, Deccan (Bombay Presidency) ; also Matheran near Bombay. 



60. Gymnodactylus albofasciatus. 

 Gymnodactylus albofasciatus, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 37, pi. iv, fig. 3. 



This species resembles G. deccanensis strikingly in size, propor- 

 tions, and colour, but is distinguished by the following characters : 

 The dorsal pholidosis is not composed of uniform large tubercles, 

 but of intermixed smaller and larger tubercles, the latter being 

 mostly feebly keeled ; the small scales on the limbs and upper part 



