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GECKONID^. 



19. (EDURA. 



CEdura, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1842, p. 52, and Cat. Liz. p. 147. 

 Phyllodactylus, part., Dum. ^ Bibr. iii. p. 388. 

 Pachyurus, Fitzing. Syst. Rept. p. 94. 



Digits free, all clawed, dilated at the base, with raised distal 

 joint bearing a discoid dilatation ; latter with two large plates 

 inferiorly, separated by a longitudinal groove in which the claw is 

 retractile ; basal expansion inferiorly with paired lamellae. Upper 

 surfaces covered with homogeneous juxtaposed scales ; abdominal 

 scales juxtaposed or slightly imbricate. Pupil vertical. 



Australia. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Dorsal scales flat, about as large as ventrals. 



Tail much depressed, short, at least as broad 

 as the body ; first infralabials in con- 

 tact behind the mental 1. marmorata, p. 104. 



Tail slightly depressed, much narrower than 



the body; first infralabials separated. ... 2. ocellata, p. 105. 



II. Dorsal scales small, convex, granular. 



Four divided lamellae under the median toes ; 



tail much depressed ; males with praeanal 



pores 3. rohusta, p. 106. 



Two or three divided lamellae under the 



median toes ; tail depressed ; no praeanal 



pores 4. lesueuni, p. 107. 



Two or three divided lamellae under the 



median toes ; tail cylindrical ; body much 



elongate ; males with praeanal pores .... 5. rJiomhifer, p. 107. 



III. Dorsal scales flat, smaller than ventrals. 



Only one divided lamella at the end of the 



antepenultimate phalange 6. verrillii, p. 108. 



1. (Edura marmorata. (Plate IX. fig. 2.*) 



CEdura marmorata, Gray, Cat. p. 147. 

 CEdura marmorata, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 52, and Zool. Erebtis S^ 

 Terror, pi. xvi. fig. 4. 



Head large, much depressed, oviform ; snout as long as the 

 distance between the eye and the ear-opening, once and a half the 

 diameter of the orbit ; ear-opening oblique, half the diameter of the 

 eye. Body moderately elongate, much depressed. Limbs moderate. 

 Digits strongly dilated, as broad as the apical expansion ; latter large, 

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* Cbin. 



