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GECKONIDiE. 



different modes of coloration with O. Jcandianus that I cannot con- 

 sider them specifically distinct from the latter. However, as their 

 ventral scales are keeled, they should he kept distinct from the 

 typical form. They may be called the trojpidog aster form. 



G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. [P.]. 

 Col. Beddome [0.1, 

 Col. Beddome fC.]. 

 Col. Beddome [C.]. 

 Col. Beddome [C.]. 



16. Gonatodes gracilis. (Piaxe VI. fig. 5.) 



? Gymnodactylus malabaricus, Jerdon, Joum. As. Soc. Beng. xxii. 



1853, p. 469. 

 Gymnodactylus gracilis, Beddome, Madras Joum, Med. Sc. 1870 ; ' 



Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 226. 



Closely allied to G. Jcandianus, from which it differs in the fol- 

 lowing points : — The gular granules are larger, flat, smooth ; so are 

 also all the ventral scales ; the mental is very seldom truncated 

 posteriorly, and the median chin-shields form a suture behind 

 its point. Males with two or four praeanal, and on each side 

 three to five femoral pores. Grey-brown above, with darker and 

 lighter spots ; generally a median row of light blotches on the 

 centre of the back; temples and sides of neck and throat with 

 oblique dark brown lines ; tail with blackish semiannuli ; digits 

 conspicuously blackish-barred ; whitish beneath. 



Total length 76 mHUm. 



Head 9*5 „ 



Width of head 6 „ 



Body 23-5 „ 



Fore limb 13 „ 



Hind Umb 17 „ 



Tan 43 „ 



Southern India ; Ceylon. 



a. Several spec. : 



c?, $,&yg. 

 b-d. 2 & yg- 



e. Several spec. : 



S, 2,&yg. 

 f-k,l.d,2Ahgr. 

 m. 2- 

 n. Several spec. : 



o-r. d, ?,&yg. 



8-V. S $ . 



to. Several spec. : 



cJ, $,&yg. 



Palghat Hills. 



Palghat Hills. 

 Sevagherry Hills. 



Wynaad. 



Salem. 



Malabar. 



Forests of S. India. 



Forests of S. India. 

 Ceylon. 



Col. Beddome [C.]. (Types.) 



Col. Beddome [C.]. 

 Col. Beddome [C.J. 



Col. Beddome 

 Col. Beddome 

 Col. Beddome 



T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. (As 

 Gymnodactylus malabaricus.) 

 T. "C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 

 Col. Beddome [0.]. 



