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Synopsis of the Genera. 



I. Digits short, cylindrical, the skin swollen on the palmar 



surface and under the articulations. 



Digits clawed ; tail extremely short, terminating in a globular knob. 



I. Nephrurus, p. 9. 



No claws 2. Chondrodactylus, p. 10. 



II. Digits straight, not dilated, clawed, without pads. 



Digits granular inferiorly, not fringed laterally ; rostral and mental 

 plates projecting, nail-like 3. Rhynchoedura, p. 11. 



Digits granular inferiorly, strongly fringed laterally ; dorsal scales 

 large, imbricate 4. Teratoscincus, p. 12. 



Digits covered inferiorly with small imbricate pointed scales ; dorsal 

 scales small 6. Ceramodactylns, p. 13. 



Digits inferiorly with a series of narrow transverse plates ; toes 

 strongly fringed laterally ; fingers not fringed. 



6. Ptenopus, p. 15. 



Digits inferiorly with a series of narrow transverse plates, fringed 

 or denticulated laterally 7. Stenodactylus, p. 16. 



Digits inferiorly with a series of narrow transverse plates, not 

 fringed nor denticulated laterally ; dorsal scales juxtaposed ; 

 male with a series of prseanal pores. 



8. Alsophylax, p. 19. 



Digits inferiorly with a series of narrow transverse plates, not 

 fringed nor denticulated laterally ; dorsal scales imbricate ; no 

 prseanal pores 9. Homonota, p. 21. ' — ^ / 



III. Digits not or but slightly dilated at the base, the two or 

 three distal joints more or less compressed and angularly 

 bent, inferiorly with a series of transverse plates ; all the 

 digits clawed. 



A. Claw between two scales, a smaller superior and a large 

 latero-inferior. 



Pupil vertical ; tail fragile 10. Grymnodactylus, p. 22. "^^ 



Pupil vertical ; tail very slender, not fragile. 



II. Agamura, p. 50. 

 Pupil round; body not depressed; tail compressed. 



12. Pristurus, p. 52. 



Pupil round ; body more or less depressed ; tail not compressed. 



13. Gonatodes, p. 56 i/ 



