74 GECKONIDyE. 



b". Back with small granules irregularly 



intermixed with slightly larger ones, 



all with a central raised point or 



short keel ; ventral scales keeled ; 



6 to 8 pores G. marmoratus, p. 76. 



c'. Males with praeanal and femoral pores. 

 a". Back with small strongly keeled 



tubercles, and scattered enlarged 



ones on the flanks ; 2 or 3 praeanal, 



and on each side 3 or 4 femoral pores. G. mysoriensis, p. 77. 

 b. Flanks with small spine-like projecting 



tubercles. 

 a". Scales under the neck keeled ; tail 



with rings of spine-like tubercles ; 



3 or 4 prseanal, and on each side 3 



to 5 femoral pores G. kandianus, p. 77. 



b" ' . Scales under the neck smooth ; tail 



with rings of spine-like tubercles ; 



2 to 4 prseanal, and on each side 3 



to 5 femoral pores G. gracilis, p. 78. 



c". No enlarged tubercles on the back ; 



no rings of spines on the tail ; no 



prseanal pores ; 5 to 12 femoral pores 



on each side G. jerdonii, p. 78. 



B. Digits dilated at the base, with large plates 



beneath G. littoralis, p. 79. 



71. Gonatodes indicus. 



Goniodactylus indicus, Gray, A. M. N. H. xviii, 1846, p. 429. 

 Gymnodactylus indicus, Gunth. Sept. B. 1. p. 115; Theob. Cat. 



p. 85. 

 Gonatodes indicus, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 64, pi. vi, fig. 1. 



Head short ; snout obtusely pointed, slightly longer than the 

 distance between the eye and the ear-opening, 1| diameter of orbit ; 

 forehead not concave ; ear-opening very small, round. Body and 

 limbs moderate ; the hind limb scarcely reaching the axilla. Digits 

 moderately slender ; the basal joint not dilated, scarcely wider than 

 the distal joints, with larger subequal plates beneath. Upper sur- 

 faces covered with uniform strongly keeled granules, whicb are larger 

 on the back than on the snout. Rostral subquadrangular, twice 

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

 the rostral and three nasals ; 7 or 8 upper and 5 or 6 lower labials ; 

 mental large, broad, subtriangular or pentagonal, with truncated 

 posterior angle ; small chin-shields passing gradually into the gular 

 granules. Ventral scales hexagonal, imbricate, smooth or feebly 

 keeled. Males with 4 or 5 femoral pores on each side. Tail 

 cylindrical, tapering, covered above with uniform small keeled scales, 

 below with larger scales, those of the median series being slightly 

 enlarged. Brown above, marbled with darker and lighter ; some- 

 times a light vertebral line ; brownish white beneath, the throat 

 frequently brown, or brown -marbled. 



From snout to vent 1*6 inches; tail 1*8. 



Hob. Nilgiris. 



