47. PHEIiSTJMA. 211 



1. Phelsuma cepedianuiu. 



Phelsuma cepedianus, Gray, Cat. p. 166. 

 Gecko c6p6dien, Cuv. R, A. ii. p. 46. 

 Gecko cepedianus, Merr. Tent, p, 43. 



Phelsuma cepedianum, Gray, Ann. Phil. (2) x. 1825, p. 199. 

 Platydactylus cepedianus, Cuv. R. A. 2nd edit. ii. p. 52 ; Geoffr. Mag. 



Zool. iii. 1833, pi. iii. 

 Phelsuma ornatum, Gi'ay, in King's Voy. Austral, ii. p. 428. 

 Platydactylus cepedianus, part., Dum. ^ Bibr. iii. p. 301. 

 Anoplopus cepedeanus, Fitzing. Syst. Rept. p. 99. 



Snout twice as long as the distance between the orbit and the ear- 

 opening or the diameter of the orbit. Upper part of rostral with a 

 median cleft. Nostril pierced above the rostral and first labial, 

 the suture between those two plates entering its lower border ; 

 eight to ten upper labials ; six to eight infralabials ; chin-shields 

 three on each side, gradually decreasing in size, inner pair consider- 

 ably larger than outer; three scales between the naso-rostrals. 

 Ear-opening large, its vertical diameter half or three fifths that of 

 the orbit. Dorsal scales all granular, perfectly smooth. Ventral 

 scales smooth. Femoral pores seven to eleven on each side, nine being 

 the usual number. Tail not much depressed, narrower than the 

 body ; segments of tail rather indistinctly marked, composed each of 

 six or seven transverse rows of scales on the side, eight or nine on 

 the upper surface ; lower surface of tail (when intact) with a double 

 tessellated series of larger scales (the reproduced tail shows no trace 

 of segments, and the lower surface bears generally a series of strongly 

 transversely dilated scales) ; all the caudal scales perfectly smooth. 

 Upper parts bluish or purplish in spirits, with reddish markings ; of 

 these a pj-shaped band on the snout, extending from eye to eye, and 

 a band from the eye to the shoulder, sometimes extending along the 

 side of the body, passing through the ear, are constant ; there are 

 frequently two or three longitudinal bands on the nape ; a variously 

 shaped interocular marking ; dorsal and caudal spots irregular, 

 numerous ; lower surfaces whitish, the throat sometimes greyish, but 

 never spotted. 



Total length 118 millim. 



Head 16 „ 



Width of head 12 „ 



Body 41 „ 



Pore limb 20 „ 



Hind limb 26 „ 



Tail 21 „ 



Mauritius and Bourbon. 



a- 6- Mauritius. Capt. P. P, King [P.]. 



(Type of P. ornatum.) 

 b-l. c?, 2 , & yg. Mauritius. Sir H. Barkly [P.]. 



«• Ilgr. Mauritius. Sir W. Hooker [P.]. 



/• 6 . Mauritius. E. Newton, Esq. [P.]. 



9- 6' Bourbon. 



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