HEMIDACTYLUS MABUIA. 283 



1. HEMIDACTYLUS MABUIA, Cuv. 

 (Plate XXV, figs. 9-16.) 



SPEC. CHAR. Small, conical tubercles, disposed upon longitudinal 

 series along the upper region of body and tail. Femoral pores con- 

 stituting a continuous series in advance of the vent. Yellowish- 

 brown, with black spots across the back. Beneath unicolor. 



SYN. Hemidactyluss maluia, Ccv. Regn. Anim. 2d ed. II, 1829, 54; &, ed. illustr. 

 Kept. 77. GRAY, Catal. Lizz. Brit. Mus. 1845, 154. 



Hemidactylus malouia, Du.M. & BiBR. Erpet, gen. Ill, 1836, 362. 



Gecko maluia, MOR. DE JONN. Monogr. 1821. GRIFF. Cuv. Anim. Kingd. IX, 

 1831, 146. GRAY, Synops. in Grif. Anira. Kingd. IX, 1831, 51. 



Gecko aculeatus, SPIX, Spec. nov. Lacert. Bras. 1825, 16. Tab. xvm, fig. 3. 



G. incanescens, NEUW. Reise nach Bras. I, 1815, 106; Beitr. Naturg. Bras. I, 1825, 

 101 ; &, llec. PI. Col. d'Anim. PI. fig. 2. 



G. armatus, XEUW. Reise nach Bras. 1811, 5, 106 ; Beitr. Naturg. Bras. 1, 1825, 104 ; 

 i, Rec. PI. Col. d'Anim. PI. fig. 3-6. 



Thecadacfylus pollicaris, SPIX, Spec. nov. Lacert. Bras. 1825, 17. Tab. xvm, fig. 2. 



Tachybates mabuya, FiTZ. Syst. Rept, 1843, 105. 



OBSERV. The upper surface of the head is minutely granular : 

 there being a few very small tubercles scattered over the occipital 

 region. The inferior surface of the head has likewise a granular 

 aspect, owing to the diminutiveness of the scales, and which contrast 

 very much with the large, subtriangular, mental shields, of which 

 there are two pairs, placed sideways of the symphyseal, and contigu- 

 ous to the lower labial plates. The tail is longer than the body and 

 head together, and tapering into a point. We perceive no preanal pores, 

 properly so called, but the femoral ones are very conspicuous, consti- 

 tuting a continuous series across the interfemoral region. The abdo- 

 minal scales are tiles-like ; on the femoral and postanal regions, they 

 are largest, the series under the tail excepted. 



A colored sketch of this species having been made from a live speci- 

 men caught at Rio de Janeiro, in December, 1838, exhibits the upper 

 regions of the animal as being of a fulvous hue, or yellowish-brown. 

 The head is indistinctly spotted with dark brown, and along the back 

 may be seen five or six transverse, dark brown blotches, subpentagonal 



