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3092. The dark markings dorsally and on flanks coalesce more than 
in 3091. Length 38+ ? mm. (tail imperfect). 
3093. The dark blotches are normal and rather large : there is not 
much coalescence. Length 41*5 + 23 + 10 mm. (regenerated part of tail). 
3094. The dark markings owing to coalescence are almost in the 
form of transverse vermiculations. 
3102. The dark markings are very irregular : on the back they take 
the form of large oblique or transverse bars. Ear-opening an oblique 
nearly horizontal slit. Length 39 + r mm. (tail imperfect). 
3103. Dark markings in form of rather small irregular blotches 
which tend to coalesce on the back. The head is flatter than in others. 
Ear-opening an oblique slit. 
3096. The dark markings in the form of irregular transverse broken 
vermiculations. Ear-opening subrotund, oblique. Transverse lamellae 
under the third toe five in number. Length from snout to vent 24*5 mm. 
3090, 3095. Both taken from eggs. The dark streak through the 
eye is continued behind the head. A light region succeeds this streak, 
and then a thin dark band. Between this region and the base of the tail 
are four light transverse bars with dark edges. Elsewhere dorsally and on 
the sides are black granular markings. 
3099 calls for some notice. It was found on sandy soil and in its 
habitat, therefore, differed from the rest. The specimen is a half-grown 
individual, its length being 27*5 + 33 mm. The head which is egg-shaped, 
is much narrower than in the others : the granules on the snout are 
considerably larger than those on the back : the snout is a trifle longer and 
more pointed than in the case of our other specimens : under the third toe 
are six lamellae: the ear-opening is subrotund, oblique: a dark streak 
passes from the snout through the eye to a point above the ear-opening: 
the general colouring above and below is light straw, with black spots and 
flecks above : the markings would appear to be similar to those of P. serval , 
Werner. From P. serial however, it is quite distinct in the size of the 
eye, in the size of the granules .on the snout, and above all in the nostril 
character. 
Through the kindness of the Director of the South African Museum, 
Dr. L. Peringuey, we have been able to examine the types of P. purcelli . 
We have considered it expedient to draw up a Key to the genus 
Pachydacty his. 
Key to the Genus Pachydactylus. 
I. Dorsal lepidosis homogeneous, none of the scales being enlarged into 
tubercles. 
A. Rostral bordering on the nostril 4. P. purcelli , Blgr. 
B. Rostral not bordering on the nostril. 
a. Three subdigital lamellae under the 
third toe. 
Naso-rostrals in contact: dorsal scales 
not smaller than ventrals 2. P. mariquensis , Smith. 
1). More than three subdigital lamellae. 
Act. Scales on snout three or four 
times as large as those on back 
of head. 
