162 QBCKONIDa. 



anterior part of l)ody bright yellow, with dark brown or black lines 

 and spots ; posterior part of body, limbs, and tail grey, generally 

 with black spots arranged in longitudinal lines on the back ; these 

 spots sometimes confluent ; lower surfaces yellowish ; throat of male 

 deep black, that of the female marbled with grey. Total length 

 67 miUim. 



Zanzibar. 

 a. cJ . Magiba, Pangaai. Sir J. Kirk f 0.]. 



32. LEPIDODACTYLUS *. 



Platydactylus, part., Bum. Sf Bihr. Erp. G&n. iii. p. 290. 

 Lepidodactylus, Fitzing. Syst. Rept. p. 98. 

 Amydosaurus, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 162. 

 Peripia, part., Giitith. Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 110. 



Digits more or less dilated, free or with a rudiment of web, 

 inferiorly with transverse lameUse divided by a median groove, with 

 very short compressed distal clawed joint raising from the extremity 

 of the digit ; inner digit clawless. Body covered above with 

 granular scales, inferiorly with juxtaposed or subimbrioate scales. 

 Pupil vertical. Males with praeanal or femoral pores. 



East Indies ; Polynesia ; South-west Australia. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Thumb rudimentary. 



Four or five divided lamellse under the 

 median toes; digits very strongly 

 denticulated on the borders 1. crepuseularis, p. 163. 



Pour or five divided lamellae under the 

 median toes ; digits less strongly den- 

 ticulated 2. ceylonensis, p. 164. 



Two divided lamellse under the median 



toes 3. av/rantiacus, p. 164. 



II. Thumb well developed. 



A. Tail flat inferiorly, with sharpish lateral edge. 



Four transverse rows of smaU chin- 

 shields ; male with femoral pores . . 4. lugubris, p. 165. 



B. Tail cylindrical. 



1. Three or four transverse rows of small chin-shields. 



14 upper and 15 lower labials ; male 



with a series of praeanal pores .... 5. labialis, p. 166. 

 10 or 11 upper and 9 or 10 lower 



labials ; 18 to 20 lamellae under the 



median toes ; male with a series of 



prseanal pores 6. puleher, p. 166. 



* Peropus roseiis, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1863, p. 321. Hab. ? 



