126 SBCKoirrDiE. 



strong conical tubercle on each side of the base of the tail. Latter 

 cylindrical, slightly depressed, tapering, covered above with minute 

 scales intermixed with large spine -like tubercles forming six longi- 

 tudinal rows ; inferiorly with small irregular imbricate scales. 

 Grey-brown above, uniform or with indistinct darker markings ; 

 dirty white beneath. 



Total length Ill miUim. 



Head 17 „ 



Width of head 12 „ 



Body 40 „ 



Fore limb 23 „ 



Hind limb 28 „ 



Tail 54 „ 



West Africa. 



a-h. S 2 • Gaboon. 



c. Many spec. : c? j ? ; & yg- Ambriz, Angola. 



d. (S . Pungo Adongo. Dr. Welwitsch [G.l. 

 e-g. (S $ . Carangigo. Dr. Welwitsch [CJ. 



11. Hemidactylus sinaitus. 



To be distinguished from H. tureicus by the following characters : — 

 Digits very short and with fewer lamellse, viz. five under the inner 

 digits, seven under the fourth finger, and eight under the fourth toe. 

 Eostral not entering the nostril. No enlarged subcaudals. Nine 

 upper and eight lower labials. Dorsal tubercles in fourteen longi- 

 tudinal series. Four praeanal pores. Grey-brown above, most of 

 the dorsal tubercles white. 



Total length 83 millim. 



Head 11 „ 



. Width of head 7-5 „ 



Body 28 „ 



Fore limb 13 „ 



Hind limb 18 „ 



Tail 44 „ 



Mount Sinai. 



a. S • ' Mt* Sinai. 



12. Hemidactylus tnrcicns. 



Hemidactylus verruculatus, part., Cfrai/, Cat. p. 154. 

 Lacerta turcica, Linn. S. N. i. p. 3G2. 



Gecus cyanodactylus, Rafin. Caratt. Nuov. Gener. Spec. Sicil. p. 9. 

 Gecko verruculatus, Cuv. Ji. A. ii. p. 54. 



meridionalis, Risso, Hist. Nat, Eur. M&rid. iii. p. 87. 



Hemidactylus granosus, Riippell, Atlas N. Afr., Rept. p. 17, pi. v. 

 fig. 1. 



robustus, Riipp. I. c. p. 19. 



verrucosus, Gray, Gi-iff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 60. 



