LEPIDODACTYLUS. 99 



diameter of orbit ; ear-opening very small, round. Body elongate, 

 more so in females than in males ; limbs short, fore limb measuring 

 half the distance between axilla and groin, or rather less. Digits 

 short, free, inner very small, rudimentary ; only two largo chevron- 

 shaped divided lamellae under the distal part of the digits, followed 

 by transverse undivided lamellae, decreasing in width. Head 

 covered with very minute granules; rostral and mental very small, 

 former four-sided, latter pentagonal or triangular ; nostril pierced 

 between rostral, first labial, and several granules ; labials very 

 small, 9 or 10 upper and as many lower ; no chin-shields. Back 

 covered with very small granular scales ; abdominal scales a little 

 larger, flat, imbricate. Male with an angular series ot' 7 to 9 

 praeanal pores. Tail cylindrical, tapering, covered with small 

 imbricated smooth scales, larger below. Grey-brown above, with, 

 along the head and back, dark-brown undulating lines, which may 

 be broken up into spots ; a dark brown streak from the tip of the 

 snout to the fore limb, passing through the eye ; whitish dots 

 scattered on the head and back ; tail with darker spots or annul! 

 and two large whitish black-edged spots at the base, frequently 

 confluent mesially. Lower surfaces whitish, more or less speckled 

 with brownish. 



From snout to vent T4 inches ; tail 1-25. 



Hob. Shevaroys, S. India. 



104. Lepidodactylus luguhris. 



Platydactylus lugubris, Dum. $ Bibr. Erp. Gen. iii, p. 304. 

 Peripia cantoris, Gitnth. Kept. B. L p. 110 ; Theob. Cat. p. 80. 

 Lepidodactylus lugubris, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 165. 



Head much longer than broad ; snout subacuminate, longer than 

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

 forehead with a median groove ; ear-opening small, round. Body 

 and limbs moderate. Digits moderate, inner well developed, with 

 a rudiment of web ; inferior lamellae numerous, 7 or 8 under the 

 fingers, 8 or 9 under the toes. Upper surface and throat covered 

 with very minute granules, a little larger on the snout ; scales on 

 the belly much larger, flat, juxtaposed or slightly imbricate. 

 Ilostral quadrangular, broad ; nostril pierced between rostral, first 

 upper labial, and two or three nasal shields, the upper separated 

 from its fellow by one or three small shields ; 11 to 13 upper and 10 

 to 11 lower labials ; mental small, smaller than the adjacent labials ; 

 four transverse rows of small chin-shields. Femoral pores in a long 

 series, angular in the middle, 25 altogether. Tail flat beneath, with 

 sharpish, sometimes feebly serrated, lateral edge ; caudal scales 

 small, flat, equal. Upper surfaces light pinkish grey or brownish, 

 generally with a series of small blackish or purplish-brown spots on 

 each side of the vertebral line ; a purplish-brown streak from the 

 end of the snout to the ear, passing through the eye ; labials 

 generally finely dotted with brown ; lower surfaces white. 



From snout to vent 1'75 inches ; tail 1-4. 



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