126 GECKOlriDA. 



strong conical tubercle on each side of the base of the tail. Latter 

 cylindrical, slightly depressed, tapering, covered above with minute 

 scales intermixed with large spiae-Uke tubercles forming six longi- 

 tudinal rows ; inferiorly with small irregular imbricate scales. 

 Grey-brown above, uniform or with indistinct darker markings; 

 dirty white beneath. 



Total length Ill miUim. 



Head 17 „ 



Width of head 12 „ 



Body 40 „ 



Fore limb 23 „ 



Hind limb 28 „ 



TaU 54 „ 



West Africa. 



a-b. d 5 . Gaboon. 



c. Many spec. . cj, ? ) & yg- Ambriz, Angola. 



d. <J . Pungo Adongo. Dr. Welwitach [0.]. 

 e-ff. (S 5 . Carangigo. Dr. Welwitsch [C.]. 



11. Hemidactylus sinaitus. 



To be distinguished from S. turcyyus by the following characters : — 

 Digits very short and with fewer lameUse, viz. five under the inner 

 digits, seven under the fourth finger, and eight under the fourth toe. 

 Eostral not entering the nostril. No enlarged subcaudals. Mne 

 upper and eight lower labials. Dorsal tubercles in fourteen longi- 

 tudinal series. Pour preeanal pores. Grey-brown above, most of 

 the dorsal tubercles white. 



Total length 83 millim. 



Head 11 



Width of head 7-5 



Body 28 



Fore limb 13 



Hind Umb 18 



Tail 44 



Mount Sinai. 



a. iS ■ Mi. Sinai. 



12. Hemidactylus turcicus. 



Hemidactylus verruculatus, part., Orai/, Cat. p. 154, 

 Lacerta turcica, Zinn, S. JVI i. p. 362. 



Gecus cyanodactylus, JRqfin. Caratt. Nmv. Oener. Spec. Sicil. p. 9. 

 Gecko verruculatus, Cuv. M. A. ii. p. 64. 



meridionaUs, Jiisso, Hist. Nat. Eur. Mirid. iii. p. 87. 



Hemidactylus granosus, Ruppell, Atlas N. Afr., Mept. p. 17, pi. v. 

 fig. 1. 



robustus, Rupp. I. c. p. 19. 



verrucosus, Gray, Chriff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 60. 



