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Bedriaga, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, 1879, no. 3, p. 35 ; Boettger, Zeitschr. ges. Naturw. Berl. 
(Giebel) (2) iv. 1879, p. 511 ; Ber. Senck. nat. Ges. 1880, p. 192; Abli. Senck. nat. Ges. xii. 
1881, p. 381 ; Vaillant, Revoil, Faune et Flore Pays Comalis, 1882, p. 16 ; Lortet, Arch. Mus. 
Lyon, iii. 1883, p. 187 ; Reichenow, Sitz.-Ber. Ges. nat. Fr. Berl. 1883, p. 149 ; Tristram, West. 
Palest., Rept. & Batr. 1884, p. 153; Giglioli, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, ser. 2, vi. 1888, p. 65. 
Gecko {Hemidactylus) verruculatus, Gervais, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, vi. 1836, p. 309. 
Hemidactylus maculatus, Gervais, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, x. 1848, p. 205. 
Hemidactylus cyanodactyhis, Strauch, Mem. Ac. St. Pdtersb. (vii. ser.) iv. no. 7, 18G2, p. 23. 
Hemidactylus turcicus, Boettger, Ber. Senck. nat. Ges. 1878-79, p. 74 ; Kobelt, Reiseerinn. 
Algerien und Tunis, 1885, p. 464; Kat. Rept. Mus. Senck. 1893, p. 28 ; Boulenger, Cat. Liz. 
B. M. i. 1 885, p. 126 ; op. cit. iii. 1887, p. 485 ; Trans. Zool. Soc. xiii. 1891, p. 1 15 ; Ann. Mus. 
Civ. Genova, ser. 2, xvi. (xxxvi.) 1896, p. 550; Parenti e Picaglia, Rett, ed Anfibi Mar Rosso, 
1886, p. 13 ; Strauch, Mem. Ac. St. Petersb. (vii. ser.) xxxv. no. 2, 1887, p. 32 (not specim. 4826 
— sinaita) ; Werner, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xliii. 1893, p. 359; op. cit. xliv. 1894, p. 77 ; 
Peracca, Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, ix. no. 167, 1894, p. 6 ; Anderson, Herpet. Arabia & Egypt, 
1896, pp. 26, 98. 
2 $ . Maryut District, west of Alexandria. 
2 ? . Houses, Alexandria. 
1 £ . Shaluf, Suez. 
1 ? . Mokattam Hills. Dr. Walter Innes. 
1 ? . Edfu, Upper Egypt. 
1 <J. Wadi Haifa 
2 (J and 3 S . Suakin. Surgeon-Captain R. H. Penton, D.S.O. 
2 cJ and 2 ? . Island of Shadwan, Gulf of Suez. Mr. John Strathearn. 
3 ? . Ras Gharib. Mr. James Robertson. 
Head oval. Snout rounded, its length generally exceeds the distance between the 
eye and the ear ; the diameter of the eye more than half the distance between the 
eye and the ear ; the latter oblique in position, irregularly oval, and not quite half the 
diameter of the eye. Rostral considerably broader than high, grooved above ; nostril 
formed by the rostral, first labial, and 3 nasals. Upper labials vary from 7 to 10, 
8 and 9 being the prevalent numbers ; lower labials 6 to 9, 7 being the most common 
number. Mental large, generally triangular ; a large chin-shield on either side of it, 
the two broadly in contact behind it, and a small shield on the outside of each. Limbs 
and digits of moderate length; 6 to 8 lamellae on the pollex and hallux, the prevailing 
numbers on each being 7, 6 being very exceptional on the pollex, but common on the 
hallux ; 8 to 10 lamellae on the fourth finger, the former number being most prevalent ; 
9 to 11 lamellae on the fourth toe, 10 being the most common number, and 11 more 
frequent than 9. The front of the head covered with large granules, and the back 
part with much smaller granules, with scattered round tubercles. The upper surface 
of the body covered with minute granules, having 14 to 16 more or less longitudinal 
rows of oval or trihedral keeled tubercles, somewhat varying in size and larger than 
the interspaces between them. Upper surface of the fore limb covered with slightly 
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