GONATODES. 77 



76. Gonatodes mysoriensis. 



Gymnodactylus mysoriensis, Jerdon, J. A. 8. B. xxii, 1853, p. 469 ; 



Giinth. Rept. B. 1. p. 114 ; Theob. Cat. p. 90. 

 Gonatodes mysoriensis, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 68. 



Head short ; snout obtusely pointed, longer than the distance 

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

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

 limbs moderate ; the hind limb not reaching beyond the axilla. 

 Digits slender but rather short, the basal part not dilated, and with 

 small plates beneath. Upper surface covered with small strongly 

 keeled tubercles, smallest on the hinder part of the head, largest 

 on the sides of the bodv, where the}' are intermixed with irregularly 

 scattered tubercles, differing only in size from the granules of the 

 back. Rostral quadrangular, nearly twice as broad as deep, with 

 median cleft and emargination above ; nostril pierced between the 

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

 mental large, broadly triangular, its posterior angle truncated ; 

 small chin-shields passing gradually into the rather large, flat, gular 

 granules. Abdominal scales moderate, hexagonal, imbricate, smooth. 

 Males with 2 or 3 prseanal, and on each side 3 or 4 femoral pores. 

 Tail cylindrical, tapering, covered above with small keeled scales and 

 large pointed keeled tubercles in six longitudinal series, below 

 with larger smooth scales, those of the median series slightly en- 

 larged. Brown above, frequently with a light vertebral band and 

 a series of dark brown marks on the back ; digits very conspicuously 

 dark-barred ; lower surface whitish, throat sometimes brown- 

 marbled. 



From snout to vent 1 inch ; tail 1*5. 



Hob. Mysore and Shervaroy hills. 



77. Gonatodes kandianus. 



Gymnodactylus kandianus, Eelaart, Prodr. p. 186 ; Giinth. Rept. B. 



I. p. 114 ; Theob. Cat. p. 86. 

 ? Gymnodactylus wicksii, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xlii, 1873, pt. 2, 



p. 165 ; Theob. Cat. p. 91. 

 ? Gymnodactylus humei, Theob. Cat. p. 89. 

 Gonatodes kandianus, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 68. 



Head rather elongate ; snout obtusely pointed, longer than the 

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

 of the orbit ; forehead not concave ; ear-opening small, oval. 

 Body and limbs rather slender ; the hind limb reaching the 

 axilla or the shoulder. Digits slender, the basal part not dilated, 

 scarcely wider than the distal, and with enlarged plates beneath. 

 Snout covered with suboval keeled granules ; the rest of the 

 head minutely granulate; rostral twice as broad as deep, with 

 median emargination and cleft above ; nostril pierced between 

 the rostral and three or four nasals ; 7 or 8 upper and as many 



