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GECKONID^. 



Total length 143 millim. 



Head 22 „ 



Width of head 16-5 „ 



Body 64 „ 



Fore limb 25 „ 



Hind limb 32 „ 



Tail 57 „ 



Australia. 



a. S- Australia. 



5, c, d, e,f. $ . Australia. G. Kreflft, Esq. 



3. (Ednra rohusta. (Pjate X. fig. 1.) 



Head oviform, much depressed ; snout longer than the distance 

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

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

 eye. Body moderately elongate, depressed. Limbs strong. Digits 

 as in (E. marmorata. Upper surfaces covered with small granular 

 scales, a little larger on the snout. Rostral four-sided, twice as 

 broad as high, with median cleft above ; nostril pierced between 

 the rostral, the first labial, and four nasals ; eleven or twelve upper 

 and as many lower labials ; mental small, triangular ; no regular 

 chin-shields, but small polygonal scales passing gradually into the 

 minute granules of the gular region. Abdominal scales hexagonal, 

 smooth, subimbricate, much larger than the dorsal scales. Males with 

 fifteen or seventeen praeanal pores arranged in a transverse series 

 interrupted in the middle. Tail much depressed, tapering to a point, 

 when intact about five times as long as broad, narrower than the 

 body ; it is covered with uniform small flat hexagonal scales 

 arranged regularly ; three or four large tubercles on each side the 

 base of the tail in the males. Brownish white above, with more or 



less distinctly ^^ -shaped dark-brown markings or cross bands on 



the back, confluent on the sides, and enclosing large spots of the 

 light ground-colour ; a dark band on each side of the head, passing 

 through the eye ; lower surfaces whitish. 



The largest specimen measures 80 millim. from snout to vent, but 

 the tail is reproduced. The following are the measurements of a 

 specimen with intact tail : — 



Total length 127 millim. 



Head 19 „ 



Width of head 14-5 „ 



Body 54 „ ' 



Fore limb 22 „ 



Hind limb 28 „ 



Tail 54 „ 



Australia. 



a,h. cJ $ . Australia. 



e,d. (S 2- Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. 



