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4. Tarentola delalandii. 



Tarentola delalandii, Grmj, Cat. p. 165. 



Tarentola borneensis, Oray, I. c. 

 Platydactylus delalandii, Dum. ^ Sibr. iii. p. 324 ; Boettger, Abh. 



Senck. Ges. ix. 1874, p. 59, pi. — . fifr. 2. 

 Asoalabotes delalandii, Girard, U. 8. Explor. Eicped., Herp. p. 289. 



No supraorbital bone. Snout a little longer than the distance 

 between the eye and the ear-opening. Eostral twice as broad as 

 high ; ten upper labials, the last minute ; mental at least twice as 

 long as it is broad in the middle, its posterior border not quite half 

 as broad as its anterior ; chin-shields two or three on each side, 

 the innermost twice as long as it is broad in the middle, in contact 

 with the lower labials ; latter eight or nine. Anterior border of 

 ear-opening not denticulated. Sides of neck and body and upper 

 surface of limbs with convex subconical tubercles. Back with 

 twelve longitudinal series of smooth or very feebly keeled large 

 tubercles. Anterior part of tail with large prominent tubercles, 

 obtusely pointed, the point directed posteriorly. Eeddish grey 

 above, with more or less distinct transverse dark reddish-brown 

 bands on the hack and tail ; these dark dorsal bands generally 

 bordered posteriorly by a row of white tubercles ; a more or less 

 distinct dark streak on each side of the head, through the eye. 



Total length 137 millim. 



Head 25 



Width of head 19 



Body 56 „ 



Fore limb 26 



Hind limb 34 „ 



Tail 56 „ 



West Africa, from Madeira to Guinea. 



a. Several spec. : ad. Madeira. P. B. Webb, Esq. [P.] 



& hgr. 



6. Ad. Madeira. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



c-d. Ad. Teneriffe. ' Ohallenper ' Exped. 



e-f. Ad. & hgr. Canaries. Rev. R. T. Lowe [P.! 



g. Hgr. St. Vincent. Rev. R. T. Lowe [P.I. 



h-i. Ad. St. Vincent. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. 



k-l. Ad. & hgr. St. Vincent. Dr. Cunningham [C.]. 



m. Ad. Senegambia. Baron v. Maltzan [0.]. 



n-o. Ad. Porto Praya, Cape C. Darwin, Esq. [0.]. 



Verde. 



p. Ad. Porto Praya, Cape ' Challenger ' Exped. 



Verde. 

 q. Many spec. : ad., Niger. 



hgr., & yg. 



r-s. id.. ? Sir B. Belcher rP.]. 



(Types of Tarentola borneensii.) 



