1. UROPLATES. 237 



Synopsis of the Species. 

 A strong denticulated fold bordering the body 



and limbs 1. fimhriatus, p. 237. 



Limbs without folds or spines ; upper eyelid 



with a spine-like scale 2. lineatus, p. 238. 



Head and limbs with spine-like scales; tail 



not longer than the head 3. ebenaui, p. 238. 



1. Ur opiates fimbriatus*. 



Uroplates fimbriatus, Oi-ay, Cat. p. 151. 

 Flacourt, Hist. Madag. p. 155. 

 Stellio fimbriatus, Schneid. Amph. Phys. ii. p. 32. 

 Gecko fimbriatus, Zatr. Sept. ii. p. 54; Baud. Rept. iv. p. 160, pi. Hi. 

 Ptyodactylus fimbriatus, Dum. 8f Bibr. iii. p. 381. 



(Rhacoessa) fimbriatus, Fitzing. Syst. Rept. p. 97. 



Ehacoessa hypoxantha, Wagl. Icon. Baser. Amph. pi. xxxvi. 



Head large, depressed; snout much longer than the distance 

 between the eye and the ear-opening, once and two thirds the dia- 

 meter of the orbit ; a distinct canthus rostralis ; interorbital space 

 deeply concave ; ear-opening very small, oval, vertical. Body 

 depressed. Limbs slender, very long ; digits half-webbed. A den- 

 ticulated dermal fold bordering the lower jaw, the neck, the body, 

 and the limbs. Upper surfaces covered with small, irregular-sized, 

 juxtaposed, flat scales ; throat with minute granules ; abdominal 

 scales very small, flat, subhexagonal, juxtaposed. Eostral small, 

 subquadrangular ; nostril pierced between numerous small scales, 

 separated from the rostral by three rows of scales ; labials minute, 

 about forty upper and thirty-five lower ; mental minute ; no chin- 

 shields. Tail short, depressed, covered with small juxtaposed scales, 

 surrounded by a broad membrane with rounded outline. Keddish 

 brown above, variegated with darker ; lower surfaces dirty white, 

 uniform. 



Total length 234 millim. 



Head 49 „ 



Width of head 34 „ 



•Body 120 „ 



Fore limb 74 „ 



Hind limb 92 „ 



Tail 65 „ 



Madagascar. 



a, h, c, d. Ad. & hgr. Madagascar. 



e. Skeleton. Madagascar. 



* The following synonyms must also probably be referred to this species : — 

 Stellio tetradactylus, Schneid. I. c. p. 33. 

 Gecio sarroubea, Baud. I c. p. 176. 



tetradactylus, Merr. Tent. p. 41. 



Ptyodactylus sarrube, Fits. Syst. Bept. p. 96. 



