1853.] Catalogue of Beptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. 469 



This species, lately* described from specimens sent home by 

 myself, is found on the Mlgherries, concealing itself under stones 

 in the day time. I have procured it on the top of Dodabetta, the 

 highest mountain of the group, and have also found it in Coorg. Its 

 colours when fresh are a mottled brown, or greenish-brown, with a 

 row of orange-yellowish spots along the back edged darker, and a 

 line of similarly coloured spots on each side ; lips also of the same 

 tint, and the lower portion of the tail. 



Length of one 2-^- inches, of which the tail is l T %th. 

 Gymnodactyltts malabakictjs — n. sp. 



Scales of the back uniform, small, granulose, a few at the root of 

 the tail between the two hind legs smaller, those in the tail above 

 larger, imbricated ; a few small spines at the root of the tail : dark 

 brown above, marbled with black spots and a white spot on the nape. 



Length of one 2-^ inches, of which the tail is about half. 



I have only very recently procured this small Gecko from the 

 forest of Malabar, where it frequents large trees and rocks. It is 

 generally to be found on those large trees, whose base is protected 

 by buttresses, in the inequalities of which it finds a secure retreat, 

 and occasionally it hides itself under a cleft in the bark. The dark 

 markings on its back are edged lighter, and it is of a bluish white 

 colour beneath. It is of a more slender habit than the preced- 

 ing species. 



GyMNODACTYLTTS LITTOEALIS — n. sp. 



Very slender form, scales of back small, equal ; those on the muzzle 

 larger ; beneath the tail a series of large six-sided scales. Colour 

 pale brown, with a series of paler marks along the back and tail, a 

 black spot on the nape, the chin and throat pale yellow. 



Length 2 t 3 q- inches, of which the tail 1 ^th. 



I procured a single specimen of this well marked species of Gecko 

 in a ware-house on the Sea Coast in Malabar, and have not yet been 

 fortunate enough to find another. 



Gymnodactyltts mysokiensis— n. s. 



Scales of the back uniform, granulose, with 2 or 3 rows of spines 

 on each side, and on the tail ; tail beneath with a triple series of 

 large unguiform scutse. 



* Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., Dec. 1846, p, 429. 



