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0ri ginally described by Steindachner from a specimen obtained by Dr. Stoliczka himself 
near Eras in 1865 ; and the latter mentions in bis diary having found some of the specimens 
n °" Stained, those from Chiliscomo, under stones in exactly the same place in which he 
Procured the type on his former visit. The specimens described by Dr. Anderson as Gyrtodacty- 
s yarkandemis were brought, with others, by a collector, who accompanied Dr. Henderson 
011 the mission which was sent to Yarkand in 1870 ; this mission traversed precisely the same 
l0 ute through Kashmir and Leh as the second in 1873-71, and I do not think there can be 
an y reasonable doubt that the real locality whence Cyrtodactylus yarkandensis was obtained 
have been Ladak, and not Yarkand, because this species appears to be replaced in 
i and by the next, and because Dr. Anderson was, I think, similarly misinformed by his 
^ G( ‘tor as to the true locality of the JPhrynocephalm which he assigned to P. ccmdivolvulus. 
ls fortunate that Dr. Anderson’s name does not stand, since it has, I think, been given 
nt °r an erroneous idea of the locality. 
Ihe woodcut in the “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society ” representing this species is 
talk ^° 0r ‘ Steindachner’s figure is much better. Dr. Anderson’s specimens had lost their 
. s an( l their epidermis, and he consequently described the upper surface as smoothly granular 
enlarged scales, none of which are tubercular. As this does not agree with the fresher 
1 ecuuens before me, and as the tail is very characteristic, I give a fresh description. Stein- 
aacbuer’s is in German. 
s . -Description. — Form moderately stout, head and body depressed, tail usually much 
Uen and depressed at the base and tapering regularly. The fore foot laid forward does not 
hi * reae ^ en d of the snout, laid back it extends more than half-way to the thigh, the 
win fo rwar ds reaches to the axil, or a little beyond it. Surface of the head covered 
0 f * su hequal granules, three shields behind the nostril very little larger than the other scales 
^ ne snout. Kostral large, and with a groove running down the upper part of its surface, 
la ° U ^ t( ' n u PP er labials on each side, the hinder ones very small ; about six lower labials. Mental 
pfo? 5 triangular, with two (sometimes three) pahs of enlarged chin-shields behind the labials 
alar T . er ^ ca ^ Ear-opening round and small, but larger than the dorsal tubercles. Back gran- 
Kli * scattered, enlarged, convex tubercles (these are wanting in the specimens from 
*1*). Upper surface of limbs granular ; occasionally there are a few enlarged tubercles 
e tbigh and tarsus. Scales on the lower surface flat and hexagonal. No femoral or 
tub ana ^ pores - Claws very small. Tail when perfect ringed, with three enlarged blunt 
o, ei< “tes at each side of each ring, the uppermost the smallest ; upper surface of the tail 
*** ar fo the middle, lower surface covered with small smooth scales, no enlarged plates. 
j s re produced, the form of the tail is the same, and it is much swollen at the base, but it 
iformly granular and not ringed. 
iimb COl ° Ur S re ^’ w ^b numerous darker crossbands, slightly wavy and irregular on the back, 
s an d tail. An adult measures 4 inches in length, tail 2 2. 
r ^ K " foil is very rarely perfect. Steindachner, however, appears to have been mistaken in 
1 ° 8ln g that of the specimen figured by bfm to have been reproduced. 
vvfi e s P ec ics seems hitherto to have been found only in the Indus valley in Ladak, 
10 ^ a Ppears to be abundant. 
C- hticder, 
'-anus 
is closely allied, but the tail seems different. 
1 Stoliczka : Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, 1872, xli, Pt. 2, p. 105. 
