768 ON A NEW GECKO FROM PENANG. [June 16, 
once and a half the diameter of the orbit: forehead concave ; 
ear-opening oval, horizontal. Body and limbs much depressed ; 
digits short, two-thirds webbed, inner short ; five lamella under 
the inner digit, eight or nine under the fourth ; limbs with dermal 
folds, the largest extending from the vent to the fifth toe. Tail 
much depressed, bordered on each side by a broad, entire, dermal 
fold with fringed edge. Rostral quadrangular, broader than deep ; 
nostril pierced between the rostral and four scales ; 12 upper and 
10 lower labials ; symphysial triangular ; two pairs of chin-shields, 
the median forming a suture behind the symphysial. Head, back, 
and limbs covered with small granules, largest on the snout; 
occiput and back with numerous small, round, smooth tubercles ; 
ventral scales small, cycloid, imbricate, smooth. Tail covered 
with small granular scales, the muscular portion with transverse 
rows of small smooth tubercles above, with a series of transverse 
shields beneath. Grey above, speckled with brown, with quad- 
rangular dark spots disposed in pairs along the back, connected 
by brownish bands and wavy transverse lines, and confluent into 
cross-bars on the tail; a dark streak on each side of the head, 
passing through the eye; pale yellow beneath, speckled with 
blackish on the sides, the muscular portion of the tail coral-red. 
“Tris golden brown.” 
millim millim 
Total length ...... 115 Fore limb ...... 17 
ead ates cercse oe 16 Hind -lmnb2-. =. 21 
Width of head .... 9 Tail fc aee 56 
Bodya: soeccen ee 43 
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28 NOV 1896 
