52 GECKONID^. 



Hind limb 37 millim. 



Tail 45 „ 



Persia. 

 a. 6. Eayin,S.E.ofKarman(8000ft.). W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]- 



12. PRISTUEUS. 



Pristurus, Riippell, N. Wirbelth. Faun. Abyss., Rept. p. 16 ; Fdzing. 



Syst. Mept. p. 91 ; Ch-ay, Cat. p. 171. 

 Gynmodactylus, part., Dum. 8f Bibr. ill. p. 408. 

 Spatalura, Oray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 236. 



Digits slender, clawed, cylindrical at the base ; the distal pha- 

 langes compressed, forming an angle with the basal portion of the 

 digits, the lower surface of which has a row of plates. Body not 

 depressed, covered with uniform granules. Tail compressed, keeled. 

 Pupil circular ; eyelid distinct all round the eye. No prseanal nor 

 femoral pores. 



North-east Africa ; South-west Asia. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Eostral plate entering the nostril. 

 Hind Umb, when stretched forwards, 



reaching axiUa ; upper caudal keel 



denticulate 1. Jlavipunctatus, p. 52. 



Hind Umb reaching the ear-opening or 

 between the shoulder and the ear- 

 opening ; upper caudal keel denticulate 2. rttpgsim, p. 53. 



Hind limb reaching to between the ear- 

 opening and the eye ; upper caudal 

 keel not denticulate 3. insignis, p. 54. 



II. Nostril separated from the rostral. 

 Tail at least as long as the body, crest- 

 less ; abdominal scales much larger 



than dorsals 4. crucifer, p. 55. 



Tail at least as long as the body, 'with 



strong upper and lower crest 5. collaris, p. 55. 



Tail much shorter than the body, with 



strong upper and lower crest 6. carteH, p. 55. 



1. Pristurus flavipuuctatus. 



Pristurus flavipunctatus, Gray, Cat. p. 171. 

 Pristurus flavipmietatus, Miipp. N. Wirbelth. Faun. Abyss., Sept, 



p. 17, pi. vi. fig. 3. 

 Gymnodactylus flavipunctatus, JDum. ^ Bibr. iii. p. 417. 

 Saurodactylus (Pristiurus) flavipunctatus, Fitz. Syst. Sept. p. 91. 



Head short and high; snout subaouminate, longer than the 

 distance between the eye and the ear-opening, once and one third 



