1853.] Catalogue of Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. 467 



Many large triedral tubercles mixed with the other scales — tail 

 somewhat rounded — several large transverse brown bands marked 

 with large white triedral scales — 7 or 8 femoral pores in each thigh 

 in the males. 



Syn. Deowur bullee, Tel., of the Yanadees. 



This very handsomely marked Grecko is rarely found in houses, 

 being chiefly met with in jungly places, on rocks and trees, in all 

 parts of the country, but is nowhere common. 



Length of one 7 inches, of which the tail is about half. 

 Hemidactylits stjbteiedetjs — n. sp. ? 

 H. teiedetts — var. ? 

 SooJcha bullee of the Yanadees. 



Differs from teiedetts in somewhat shorter head, in the scales of 

 the throat and muzzle being smaller in its shorter head ; fewer dark 

 bars on the back and fewer of the white tubercles ; and in the 

 triedral scales generally being smaller. It is equal in size to teiedetts, 

 and the number of femoral pores is the same. Colours much as in 

 teiedetts but paler. 



Length of one 6| in. of which the tail is more than half. 



The Yanadees, a peculiar jungle race in the Nellore district, who 

 have a considerable knowledge of reptiles, pronounced this to be a 

 distinct species from the last, and gave it a peculiar name, or I 

 should have put it down as a casual variety of teiedetts without 

 closer inspection. It is found chiefly in rocks, seldom entering 

 houses. It forms a link between teiedeus and macttlattjs. 

 Hemidactylits maculattjs — Dum. and Bibr. # 



Brown or olive-green with dark marks ; back furnished with 

 numerous subtriedral tubercles. This is the most common species 

 of Gecko in the South of India, but never attains here the dimen- 

 sions stated by Dumeril and Bibron. It is very subject to variation 

 both in the ground-tint and the dark markings, which it appears to 

 have the power of deepening or reducing. Length of an average 

 specimen 4^ inches, of which the tail is 2 T %ths. 

 Hemidactylits punctatus — n. sp. 



Back with some larger conical scales, and sub-caudal scuta3 very 

 large ; scales of abdomen dotted, brown above ; limbs and tail reddish 

 * Qu. H. Fr/enatus, D. and B. : Cur, As. Soc. 



