96 GECKOHIDJE. 



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



Hob. Ceylon, N.E. India (Darjeeling), Burma, Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago, South China and Cochinchina. 



Genus TERATOLEPIS, 

 Giinth. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 604. 



Digits dilated, with a double series of lamellae beneath, with 

 elongate compressed distal joint rising from within the extremity 

 of the dilated part ; all clawed. Ear concealed. Body covered 

 with large strongly imbricate scales. Pupil ? 



Distribution. India. A single species. 



100. Teratolepis fasciata. 



Hoinonota fasciata, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 468. 

 Teratolepis fasciata, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 505 ; Theob. Cat. 

 p. 95 ; Boukng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 145. 



Body somewhat depressed ; limbs rather long and slender. 

 Head covered with polygonal flat scales. Seven lower labials ; 

 mental large, triangular; two larger anterior chin-shields, in contact 

 behind the mental, followed by others passing gradually into the 

 small gular granules. Dorsal scales large, lozenge-shaped, slightly 

 keeled ; ventral scales much smaller, smooth. Tail depressed, 

 swollen, tapering at the end, covered with imbricate irregular scales, 

 some of those of the upper surface being extremely large. Greyish 

 above, with five brown longitudinal bands, which at regular intervals 

 are interrupted by white spots forming cross bands ; seven of these 

 cross bands on the neck and trunk. 



Head and body To inches. 



Hab. Deccan (Jalna) and Sind. 



Genus GEHYRA, 

 Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 57, 1842. 



Digits strongly dilated, free or webbed at the base, with 

 undivided or mesially divided transverse lamella? beneath ; distal 

 phalanges free, elongate, compressed, clawed, raised from within 

 the extremity of the dilatation; inner digits without free distal 

 phalanges, clawless, or with a very indistinct retractile claw. Upper 

 surfaces covered with granular scales ; belly with cycloid imbricate 

 scales. Pupil vertical. Males with femoral or praeanal pores. 



Distribution. East Indies ; Australia ; islands of the Indian and 

 Pacific Oceans ; Mexico. Of the ten known species, one occurs 

 in Burma and Ceylon. 



101. Gehyra mutilata. 



Hemidactylus (Peropus) mutilatus, Wiegm. N. Ada Ac. Leap.- Carol. 

 xvii, 1835, p. 238. 



