162 SECKONIDJE. 



anterior part of body bright yellow, with dark brown or black lines 

 and spots ; posterior part of body, limbs, and tail grey, generally 

 with black spots arranged in longitudinal lines on the back ; these 

 spots sometimes confluent ; lower surfaces yellowish ; throat of male 

 deep black, that of the female marbled with grey. Total length 

 67 millim. 



Zanzibar. 

 a. S . Magiba, Pangani. Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 



32. LEPIDODACTYLUS *. 



Platydactylus, part., Dum. 8f Bihr. Erp. Q^n, iii. p. 290. 

 Lepidodactylus, Fitzing. Syst. Rept. p. 98. 

 Amydosaurus, Grmj, Cat. Liz. p. 162. 

 Peripia, part., Giitith. Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 110. 



Digits more or less dilated, free or with a rudiment of web, 

 inferiorly with transverse lamellae divided by a median groove, with 

 very short compressed distal clawed joint raising from the extremity 

 of the digit ; inner digit clawless. Body covered above with 

 granular scales, inferiorly with juxtaposed or subimbricate scales. 

 Pupil vertical. Males with praeanal or femoral pores. 



East Indies ; Polynesia ; South-west Australia. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I, Thumb rudimentary. 



Four or five divided lamellae under the 

 median toes ; digits very strongly 

 denticulated on the borders 1. crepuscularis, p. 163. 



Four or five divided lamellae under the 

 median toes ; digits less strongly den- 

 ticulated 2. ceylonensis, p. 164. 



Two divided lamellae under the median 



toes 3. aurantiacus, p. 164. 



II. Thumb well developed. 



A. Tail flat inferiorly, with sharpish lateral edge. 

 Four transverse rows of small chin- 

 shields ; male with femoral pores . . 4, Ivgubris, p. 165. 



B. Tail cylindrical. 



1. Three or four transverse rows of small chin-shields. 

 14 upper and 15 lower labials; male 



with a series of praeanal pores .... 5. labialis, p. 166. 

 10 or 11 upper and 9 or 10 lower 



labials ; 18 to 20 luraelhe under the 



median toes ; male with a series of 



praeanal pores 6. pulcher, p. 166. 



* reroptu roscus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Thilad. 1863, p. 321. Hab. ? 



