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11. Grymnodactylus dorbignyi. 



Cubina d'orbignii, Gray, Cat. p. 176. 

 Grymnodactylus dorbignii, Dum. Sr Bibr. iii. p. 418; Oidehen. in 

 Gay, Hist. Chile, Repi. p. 18, and in IfOrh. Voy. Amer. M£r. v. 

 Rept. p. 7, pi. ii. figs. 1-5. 



Head rather elongate and depressed ; ear-opening oval. Digits 

 long and slender, inferiorly with, a row of small squarish plates. 

 Nostril bet-ween the rostral, the first labial, and three nasals, ■which 

 are slightly swollen ; eight upper and as many lower labials ; 

 mental small, hexagonal, followed by two small hexagonal chin- 

 shields. Body covered with minute granules intermixed with small 

 lenticular tubercles. Abdominal scales lozenge-shaped. Tail 

 rounded, tapering, covered with uniform flat, squarish, imbricate 

 scales. Grey above, with numerous darker dots ; the border of the 

 eyelid pure white ; lower surfaces greyish white. 



Total length 87 millim. 



Head 13 „ 



Body 34 „ 



Fore limb 15 „ 



Hind limb 20 „ 



TaU 40 „ 



ChiU. 



12. Gynmodactylus mauritanicus. 



Goniodactylus ? mauritanicus, Gray, Cat. p. 172. 

 Gymnodactylus mauritanicus, Dum. Sf Bibr. iii. p. 414 ; Boettg. Abh. 



Senek. Ges. ix. 1874, p. 137. 

 Saurodactylus mauritanicus, Fitz. Syst. Rept. p. 91 ; BoeUg. Abh. 



Senck. Ges. xiii. 1883, p. 125. 



Head little depressed ; snout rounded. Upper surfaces covered 

 with uniform juxtaposed round scales. Eostral pentagonal ; nostril 

 between the rostral, the first labial, and three nasals ; five upper 

 and as many lower labials ; mental very large, rhomboidal ; one or 

 two pairs of chin-shields. Digits long and very slender, cylindrical. 

 Abdominal scales rhomboidal, larger than dorsals. No femoral nor 

 prseanal pores. Tail cylindrical, covered above with uniform 

 rounded scales which are larger than those on the back, inferiorly 

 with a series of enlarged transverse plates. Grey-brown above, 

 dotted with darker and with a few white, black-edged spots; a 

 dark streak on the side of the head ; lower surfaces whitish, throat 

 brownish. 



Total length 59 millim. 



Head 8 „ 



Fore limb 9 „ 



Hind limb ■ • ■ H „ 



Tail 30 „ 



Algeria; Morocco. 



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