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GKCKONIDJE. 



40. GECKOLEPIS. 



Qeckolepis, Qrandid. Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2) xix, 1867, p. 233. 



Digits strongly dilated, free, with transverse undivided lamellae 

 below, all furnished with a retractile claw. Body covered with large 

 flat imbricated cycloid scales. Pupil vertical. 



Madagascar. 



1. Geckolepis maculata. 



Geckolepis maculata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1880, p. 509, pi. —.fig. 3 ; 

 Boettger, Abh. Senck. Ges. xii. 1881, p. 457. 



Habit clumsy. Head short. Limbs short, thick ; digits short, 

 Bubequal. Seven or eight upper and as many lower labials ; four 

 chin-shields, inner largest, pentagonal, posteriorly truncate. Scales 

 in twenty-five longitudinal series ; thirty-six transverse series from 

 chin-shields to vent. Tail rounded, conical, covered with scales 

 similar to, but rather smaller than, those of the body. Greyish- 

 brown above, with irregular black, and fewer white spots; lips 

 spotted ; lower surfaces dirty white. Total length about 130 millim. 



N.W. Madagascar ; Nossi Be. 



2. Geckolepis typica. 

 Geckolepis typicus, Grandid. I. c. 



" Fire-red above, greyish beneath. Tail depressed, not denti- 

 culated on the sides. Body with rounded, tail with oval scales, all 

 with distinct minute black specks. Mental scute pointed, with two 

 unequal scutes on each side ; the other scales similar to the dorsals. 

 From tip of snout to base of tail 40 millim, ; length of tail 40 millim." 



Sancta Maria. 



41. EURYDACTYLUS. 



Eurydactylus, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 1878, p. 70. 



Digits strongly dilated, free, with undivided lameUae below, with- 

 out compressed distal phalanx, all furnished with a retractile claw. 

 Upper surfaces covered with large flat scales, largest and sub- 

 symmetrical on the head ; lower surfaces with juxtaposed flat 

 granules. Tail prehensile. Pupil vertical. Males with praeanal 

 pores. 



New Caledonia. 



1. Eurydactylus vieillardi. 



Platydactylus vieillardi, Bavaij, Cat. Rept. N. CaUd. p. 10. 

 p]urydactylus vieillardi, Sauatge, I. c. ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soe. 1883, 

 p. 129, pi. xxii. fig. 7. 



Head not depressed, much longer than broad ; snout long, obtuse, 

 with slightly distinct canthus rostralis, and scarcely oblique loreal 



