Voy. of H.M.S ' Alert.' 

 Hr. H. Sandemann [C.]. 



Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 

 L.L.Dillwyn,E8q.[P.]. 



Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 

 Leyden Museum. 



5. Gecko japonicns. 



Gecko chinensis, Gray^ Cat. p. 161. 

 Platydactylus japonicus, Dum. 8f Bibr. iii. p. 337. 



jamori, Schleg. Faun. Japon., Rept. p. 103, pi. ii. figs. 1-4. 



Gecko chinensis, Gray, Zool. Miscell. 1842, p. 57. 



Hemidactylus nanus, Cantor, Attn. 8f Mag. N. H. ix. 1842, p. 482. 



Gecko japonicus, Gilnth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 103. 



Head moderately large, oviform ; snout longer than the distance 

 between the eye and the ear-opening, about once and two thirds the 

 diameter of the orbit ; forehead concave ; ear-opening suboval, 

 oblique, its vertical diameter not quite one third that of the orbit. 

 Body and limbs moderately elongate ; digits rather feebly dilated 

 for the genus ; a slight but distinct rudiment of web between the 

 three median toes. Snout covered with rather large granular scales, 

 the rest of the head with very small granules ; nostril pierced between 

 the rostral and first labial ; ten to twelve upper and nine to 

 eleven lower labials ; mental pentagonal or subtriangular ; generally 

 a median pair of chin-shields, longer than broad, bordered by other, 

 smaller and less regular shields. Back and limbs covered with small 

 granular scales intermixed with numerous small, subconical, irregu- 

 larly arranged tubercles. Throat minutely granulate ; abdominal 

 scales moderate. A short, slightly angular praeanal series of pores, 

 six to sixteen on each side. Tail slender, slightly depressed, not 

 distinctly annulate, covered above with small subequal scales, infe- 

 riorly with a central series of transversely dilated scales. Greyish 

 brown, variegated with darker ; a series of dark spots along the 

 middle of the back ; lower surfaces dirty white. 



Total length 109 millim. 



Head 14 „ 



Width of head 10 „ 



Body 39 „ 



Fore limb 18 „ 



Hind limb 23 „ 



Tail 66 „ 



Southern Japan ; China. 



