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G. planipes, Bed. Mad. Monthly Jour. Med. Sclen., 1870. 



" Of slender form, snout elongate, body and tail uniformly 

 granular without tubercles. Pupil round. Sub-caudals enlarged. 

 8 upper labials, the two last being very minute ; 6 lower labials, 

 median shield very large, angular behird and separating the 

 chin shields, of which there are 2 small scale like pairs. Femoral 

 pores 1617 on each thigh, none on the prseanal region. The 

 plates on the lower portion of the fingers and toes large and 

 flat, the terminal one much dilated and three times as large as the 

 others. Maximum length 2f inches, of a greyish colour with a 

 prominent black blotch on the nape of the neck and generally a 

 row of white black-edged spots down the back. 



I have only met with this curious little species in the dry 

 Teak forests near Nellicootah, below theNilghiris (on the Western 

 side) where it is found on trees in the day time. Its peculiar 

 feet almost inclined me to constitute a new genus for it." 



G. gracilis. Bed. Mad. Monthly Jour. Med. Scien., 1870, p. 32. 

 " Of slender form, with rather elongated head, grey coloured, 

 tail banded with black, body with a row of white blotches along 

 the centre of the back, and sometimes with irregular cross bands 

 of black markings, beUy pearl coloured, with very minute black 

 dots on the scales. Limbs and toes banded with black markings. 

 Body coarsely granular, with some of the scales considerably 

 enlarged, but scarcely spinous. Regular rows of spines on the 

 thick part of the tail. Sub-caudals enlarged, femoral or prseanal 

 pores none. 6-7 upper labials. Six lower ones. Median lower 

 labial large, angled behind ; rostral moderate ; pupil round. Total 

 length up to 2f inches. Under stones in the Palghat hiUs." 



G. Wynaadensis, Bed. 1. c. s. 

 " Head and body finely granular, many of the scales on the 

 latter being enlarged but not spinous. Tail without any spines, 

 rounded, tapering ; sub-caudals large, ventral scales small, nearly 

 round, prseanal scales very small. Femoral pores five, rarely only 

 four on each thigh. Upper labials 5-6, the first very large, 

 others gradually smaller, last two minute ; lower labials 6-8. 



