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II. Phalanx guttata. (Plate VI. figs. 4 & 5 ; Plate VII. figs. 6, 7, 8, & 8 a.) 
Section I. Nostril swollen. 
Gecko des maisons, var., Aud. Desor. de l'Fjgypte, N. H. i. ? 1829, p. 165, Suppl. pi. i. fig. 2; id. 
op. cit. 8vo ed., N. H. vi. 1829, p. 104. 
Ptyodactylus guttatus, Heyden, Rtippell, Atlas nordl. Afr., Rept. 1827, p. 13, pi. iv. fig. 1. 
Ptyodactylus hasselquistii, Boettger, Ber. Senck. nat. Ges. 1879-80, p. 194 ; Tristram, West. 
Palest., Rept. & Batr. 1884, p. 150 ; Hart, Fauna & Flora Sinai &c. 1891, p. 210 ; Bedriaga, 
Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. iv. 1879, p. 16. 
Ptyodactylus lobatus, Blgr. Cat. Liz. B. M. i. 1885, p. 110 (specimens /too); op. cit. iii. 1887, 
p. 484; Trans. Zool. Soc. xiii. 1891, p. Ill (specimens 11 to 18) ; Boettger, Kat. Rept. Mus. 
Senck. 1893, p. 27 (specimens a-c and Arabian specimen). 
Ptyodactylus lacazii, Boutan, Arch. Zool. Exper. (2) x. 1892, p. 17. 
Ptyodactylus bischoffsheimi, Boutan, Rev. Biol. N. France, v. 1893, p. 340, pi. iii. fig. 1. 
Ptyodactylus montmahoui, Boutan, 1. c. p. 369, pi. iii. fig. 2. 
Ptyodactylus barroisi, Boutan, 1. c. p. 375, pi. iii. fig. 3. 
Ptyodactylus puiseuxi, Boutan, 1. c. p. 379, pi. iii. fig. 4. 
Ptyodactylus lobatus syriacus, Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino, ix. 1894, no. 167, p. 1. 
1 <$ and 1 ? . Plain of Suez. 
Body shorter and stouter than in Phalanx typica, variable, much stouter in some 
(Syria) than in others (Egypt and Maskat) ; head generally elevated, but exhibiting 
various degrees of depression. Nostril swollen, more so in some than in others, 
defined by the rostral, first labial, and three nasals, or asymmetrically by the 
exclusion of the rostral, or symmetrically by the exclusion of the first labial. 
Eye large. 11-13 upper labials, exceptionally 14 or 15, usually 12 or 13; 10-13 
lower labials, generally 11 or 12, occasionally 13, rarely 10 or 14. Limbs very 
variable, sometimes long and moderately slender, in others (Syria) short and stout ; 
disks variable, larger in some than in others, largest in the Syrian geckos ; generally 
9 — 9 lamella?, occasionally 10—10, rarely 8 — 8 and 11 — 11. Tail more or less 
rounded, thicker at the base in some (Syrian) than in others (Sinaitic Peninsula), with 
indications of a longitudinal sulcus, verticillate, with a few tubercles ; length variable. 
Skin not soft and porous, rather dry ; granules variable, larger in some (Syrian) than in 
others. Enlarged tubercles generally present on the limbs (Syria), exceptionally absent 
(Egypt delta). Pounded tubercles sometimes on the side of the head and at the 
angle of the mouth (Syria). Ventrals variable, small in some (Maskat). 
Colour on dorsal surface pale fawn, yellowish olive, or grey, uniform in colour or 
nearly so, but generally with obscure darkish transverse bands on the back and faint 
pale spots, or strongly marked with cross zigzag brown bands or with reticulate darker 
markings enclosing bluish-white spots and dark dots ; sometimes uniformly olive with 
white spots, occasionally brilliantly so (Jerash, PI. VII. fig. S a), while in others dark 
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