56 1. GEKKONIDM 



tubercles or granules. Muzzle with convex plates, smaller 

 than the dorsals, but larger than those on occiput, which are 

 also convex. Lower surfaces covered with smooth flat scales, 

 larger than those on back. Conical tail slightly flattened at 

 base, with large plates below, covered elsewhere with smooth 

 flat scales which are somewhat larger than those on the back. 

 There is great variation in the ground color of the head 

 and back. In some specimens it is pale gray or creamy white, 

 while in others the prevailing tint is a dark seal brown. There 

 are, however, some fairly constant markings, brighter in 

 young than in old individuals, but apparently subject like the 

 ground color, though to a less extent, to modification in 

 accordance with the amount of light, or perhaps in obedience 

 to the will of the animal. These markings are of a deeper 

 seal brown than the ground color of the darkest individuals. 

 A line originates on the second labial plate, and, passing 

 through the eye and the upper end of the ear opening, runs 

 for some distance along the neck. The upper surface of the 

 head is blotched and spotted, as are also the limbs. The tail 

 has about nine cross-bars on its upper surface. All the lower 

 surfaces are creamy white, slightly tinged with brown in the 

 darkest specimens. The scales are everywhere minutely 

 punctuated with dark brown. 



Reproduced. 



