JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



Part IL— PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 



Na III.—1870. 



Observations on some Indian and Malayan Amphibia and 

 Beptilia,— ly Dr. F. Stoliczka. 

 {Concluded from p. 157.) 

 EEPTILIA. 

 LACERTILIA. 

 Fam. Geckotidje. 

 13. Ptychozoon homalocephalum, Or e v.-var.-(Q u n th. 1. cit. 

 p. 105). 



This species Las already been noticed by Steindachner 

 from the Nicobars ; it is rare in Tenasserim, and has also been 

 obtained in Pegu by Major Berdmore. In Penang* it is 

 not uncommon. I only got one specimen at the Nancow- 

 ry harbour on Camorta, near the new settlement ; it possesses 

 some peculiarities. — The total length is 6£ inches, the body 

 being half an inch longer than the tail. It is pale purplish 

 brown, all over mottled and marbled with darker brown, partially 

 with indistinct cross bands ; the flaps are purplish fleshy, with 



* Since writing these notes, I received a large collection of Amphibia and 

 Reptilia from Penang and the Malayan country east of it, and I hope to 

 be able to publish additional information about many species in a subsequent 

 number of our Journal. [F. Stol.j 



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