LEPIDODACTYLUS 79 



or body ; scales on belly large, cycloid, imbricate ; scales on tail 

 arranged in transverse series, larger below than above, all larger 

 than those on body ; annulations indistinctly marked by series of 

 slightly enlarged scales; scales on regenerated portion of tail 

 irregular, annulations not marked; in the preanal region a con- 

 tinuous series of twenty-four preanal scales, forming an angle 

 medially and representing the number of preanal pores in male ; 

 legs moderately long, meeting when adpressed; digits well de- 

 veloped; inner toe long, well developed, lacking terminal digit 

 and claw ; third and fourth toes nearly equal ; digits widened at 

 ends, rather slender proximally, only a slight trace of web pres- 

 ent; nine lamellae under inner toe, the first single, the four 

 following divided, the last four narrower, rather scalelike ; twelve 

 under fourth toe, the first four divided, followed by three broad 

 undivided lamellae, these in turn followed by five scalelike lamellse 

 on proximal portion of digit, not extending to base; eye large, 

 distinctly nearer ear than snout, its diameter about one and 

 one-half times in its distance from snout ; ear opening very small, 

 somewhat larger than nostril; tail rather cylindrical, noticeably 

 flattened above and below, with a slight medial depression above 

 and below ; no lateral fringe, but the scales on outer edge slightly 

 raised. 



Color in life. — Above gray, with variegated scales of brownish 

 and black, and six irregular, black, zigzag lines across back, with 

 lighter color between them; one or two indistinct darker lines 

 across snout, and a few dark markings on occiput, a distinct 

 black line from nostril through eye, which continues above ear to 

 foreleg ; tail pinkish gray, with a series of dim, transverse, darker 

 bars and a row of median black spots, also lateral rows of spots ; 

 below nearly uniform yellowish cream ; labials with lighter spots. 



Measurements of Lepidodactylus woodfordi Boulenger. 



mm. 



Total length 71 



Snout to vent 35.5 



Axilla to groin 17.5 



Tail (tip regenerated) 35.5 

 Length of head 9.5 



Width of head 7 



Foreleg 9.8 



Hind leg 14.5 



Variation. — The seventeen specimens at hand show compara- 

 tively little variation ; pores or pore scales vary from twenty-one 

 to twenty-five; average, twenty-three. Occasionally they form 

 a broad angle medially, but usually the series is curved ; the two 



