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web between fingers; thirteen and fourteen lamellae under 

 longest toes, web between toes somewhat more extensive than 

 that between fingers; no skin fold on leg; anterior lamellae 

 divided ; granules on back as large as or larger than belly scales. 

 Color {freshly preserved in alcohol). — Above light grayish 

 lavender from occiput to tip of tail, the pigment very equally 

 distributed, with no markings evident; yellowish between eyes 

 and on snout; a broad, very well defined cream stripe from 

 nostril to above tympanum, where the stripe begins to narrow 

 gradually and continues along a single row of granules to above 

 insertion of foreleg; stripe edged above and below with darker; 

 side of head and labials whitish; sides of neck with a strong 

 wash of lemon yellow; a wash of lemon yellow from axilla to 

 groin ; chin, throat, and belly whitish ; underside of tail uniform 

 salmon. 



Measurements of the type of Lepidodactylus herrei sp. nov. 



Snout 5.5 



Diameter of eye 3.5 



Eye to auricular opening 4 



Snout to foreleg 20 



Axilla to groin 22.5 



Foreleg 12.5 



Hind leg 19 



Length of head 14.5 



Width of head 10 



Remarks. — This species is related to Lepidodactylus aureolin- 

 eatus Taylor, but differs in certain salient points. The head 

 is longer and more conical; the line through the eye is wider 

 and more pronounced ; the character of the tail is different, lack- 

 ing the prominent lateral spines which mark the annulations in 

 L. aureolineatus ; the granules on the back are much larger in 

 comparison to the ventral scales. By count L. aureolineatus has 

 approximately 150 to 155 rows of granules and scales about the 

 middle of the body, while L. herrei has between 70 and 80, de- 

 pending on the point where the count is made. I suspect that 

 it is a larger species, since it much exceeds the size of some 

 eleven specimens of L. aureolineatus that I have been able to 

 examine. 



The single (type) specimen was collected by Dr. Albert C. 

 Herre, chief of the division of fisheries, Bureau of Science. The 



