SAUEIA. 801 



of limbs and tail are covered with numerous enlarged tubercles, none of which are as 

 large as the ear. On the back, they are considerably smaller than on the sides and 

 are trihedral in form, while in the latter region they are rounded. They are very small 

 on the nape, and gradually cease between the eyes posteriorly. On the trunk, they 

 form about eighteen irregular longitudinal rows. On the upper surface of the limbs, 

 they are large and somewhat conical. On the tail, they are spinose, and considerably 

 larger than on the back, and are arranged in transverse rows of six to seven in 

 number, the most external assuming the form of spines and being the largest. They 

 are not distributed throughout the length of the tail, but are confined to its 

 proximal two-thirds, and form about 13 rows, the remainder of the tail being covered 

 with flattened moderately sized, but non-imbricate scales. The remainder of the 

 body-skin is very finely granular. The preanal scales are somewhat enlarged, and 

 the mesial line of the proximal two-thirds of the under surface of the tail is occu- 

 pied by a series of large plates, with two to three rows of moderately sized imbricate 

 scales external to them. There are eleven longitudinal rows of small scales between 

 the vent and the commencement of these sub-caudal plates which invest the whole 

 of the under surface of the latter third of the tail. The thumb and inner toe are 

 well developed. Two pairs of enlarged plates behind the mental. The throat scales 

 are very small, and almost granular in appearance, but imbricate. Eleven to twelve 

 upper, and eight to nine lower labials. The femoral pores in these two males are only 

 seven on either limb, and in both they do not meet in the middle line, but are 

 separated by an interval of six moderately sized scales, larger than those of the mid- 

 dle of the belly. Beyond these there are no other enlarged preanals. 



Prom the foregoing description it is apparent that the only respect in which 

 these lizards differ from the generality of the examples of this species is in the com- 

 paratively small number of the femoral pores. 



In the reproduced tail the sub-caudal plates are broader than in the normal 

 member, and the spinous tubercles of the upper surface and sides of the tail are not 

 reproduced. 



Inches. 



Length of body (male) 2-40 



tail 2-80 



The coloration of these specimens is uniform olive greyish-brown above, with 

 obscure indications of moderately sized dark spots. There is a dark band through 

 the eye to the ear. Under surface pale yellowish. 



Hemidactylus frenattjs, Schlegel. 



Kemidadylm frenatusj Schlegel, D. & Bib., Erpet. Genl., vol. iii, 1836^ p. 366; Cat. Method. 

 Reptiles, 1851, p. 39; Kelaart, Prod. Faunae Zeylan., vol. i, 1852, p. 161 ; Cantor, Journ. As. 

 Soc, vol. xvi, 1847, p. 630 ; Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind., 1864, p. 108 ; Peters, Von der Becken's 

 Eeisen in Ost-Afrika, vol. iii, Erste Abth. p. 14, 1869; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc, vol. xxxix, 

 1870, p. 164; id., o;?. c^^^., vol. xli, 1872, p. 96; Theobald, Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. x, 1868, 

 p. 31 ; Descr. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind., 1876, p. 78. 



Geclo chaus, Tytler^ Journ. As. Soc.^ Bengal, vol. xxxiii, 1864, p. 547. 



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