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Extremely comraoa everywhere in the woods under dead 

 wood, stones, &c., and occasionally descending to the beach at 

 low water. They may be seen all day basking in the sun, 

 but from their activity are not easy to approach. They 

 swim well and rapidly, with the head high, but dive when 

 alarmed. 



Sub-order Pachyglossae. 

 Tribe Nyctisaura. 

 Fam. Geckotidae. 

 Gen. Platyurus. 



Platyurus Scbneiderianus (Gray, Cat. Brit. Mus.). 

 Hemidactylus marginatus (Dum. et Bib.)- 



Colour — sandy gray above : whitish beneath. 



Total length, 3 inches 10 lines. 



Length of tail, 1 inch 8 lines. 



„ of ear to end of muzzle, 6 lines. 

 „ of eye to end of muzzle, 3 lines. 



Nostrils placed very near the end of the muzzle. The head from 

 above has a very eel-like appearance. 



Skin granular — below, small scales ; a series of large transverse 

 scales extends along the middle of the whole length of the lower side 

 of the tail. 



Caught in a hollow tree in the jungle. 



Gen. Gecko. 



Gecko monarchus (Gray, Cat. Brit. Mus.). 

 Platydactylus monarchus (Dum. et Bib.). 



Colour— above ; light brownish gray, with dark spots and mark- 

 ings along the line of the vertebrse, head also spotted — below; 

 whitish brown. 



Body — above ; covered with small granular scales, and thickly 

 studded with conical tubercles — below ; covered with smooth scales. 



Total length, G^ inches. 



Length of tail, 3|- inches. 



„ of ear to end of muzzle, 9 lines. 



Greatest width of head, 7 lines. 



Not uncommon. 



Tribe Strobilosaura. 

 Fam. Agamidae. 

 Gen. Draco. 



