QECKONID.E. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



I. Digits short, cylindrical, the skiu swollen on the palmar 



surface and under the articulations. 



Digits clawed ; tail extremelyehort, terminating in a globular knob. 



I. Nephrurus, p. 9. 



No claws 2. Chondrodactylus, p. 10. 



II. Digits straight, not dilated, clawed, without pads. 



Digits granular inferiorly, not fringed laterally ; rostral and mental 

 plates projecting, nail-like 3. Rhynchoedura, p. 11. 



Digits granular inferiorly, strongly fringed laterally ; dorsal scales 

 large, imbricate 4. Teratoscinctis, p. 12. 



Digits covered inferiorly with small imbricate pointed scales ; dorsal 

 scales small 5. Ceramodactylns, p. 13. 



Digits inferiorly with a series of narrow transverse plates ; toes 

 strongly fringed laterally ; fingers not fringed. 



6. Ptenopus, p. 15. 



Digits inferiorly with a series of narrow transverse plates, fringed 

 or denticulated laterally 7. Stenodactylus, p. 16. 



Digits inferiorly with a series of narrow transverse plates, not 

 fringed nor denticulated laterally; dorsal scales juxtaposed; 

 male with a series of praeanal pores. 



8. Alsophylax, p. 19. 



Digits inferiorly with a series of narrow transverse plates, not 

 fringed nor denticulated laterally ; dorsal scales imbricate ; no 

 praeanal pores 9. Homonota, p. 21. 



III. Digits not or but slightly dilated at the base, the two or 

 three distal joints more or less compressed and angularly 

 bent, inferiorly with a series of transverse plates ; all the 

 digits clawed. 



A. Claw between two scales, a smaller superior and a large 

 latero-inferior. 



Pupil vertical ; tail fragile 10. Gymnodactylus, p. 22. 



Pupil vertical ; tail very slender, not fragile. 



II. Aganmra, p. 50. 



Pupil round; body not depressed; tail compressed. 



12. Pristums, p. 52. 



Pupil round ; body more or lees depressed ; tail not compressed. 



13. Gonatodes, p. 56. 



