EEPTILIA. 
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10. Gymnodactylijs microtis. PL II, fig. 1. 
Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, 1875, xliv, Pfc. 2, p. 193. 
G. parum robustus, capite brevi, depresso, meatu auditorio minimo ; caudd attenuata, 
luvi } hand verticillatce ; membris breviusculis ; dorso granulato, tuberculis subcarinatis 
0r nato ; arenarius, fusco minute pumctatus, subtus albescens. Long, tota 3’2 poll., 
caudce 1-8 . 
1-20, Yarkand; 21-27, Yangihissar; 28-66, Kasbghar, 67-75, no label, probably ICashgbar. 
Description. — General form moderately slender ; head short, blnnt, slightly depressed, 
c °nvex towards the snout, ear-opening very small, tail stout at the base and regularly attenuate, 
Sm °°th, not ringed ; limbs rather short, the fore limb laid forward reaches between the eye 
•3nd the snout, laid hack it extends more than half-way to the thigh, the hind limb laid 
oi'Ward does not reach the shoulder. Toes rather short, rounded, all with minute claws ; pupil 
vertical. Length of a perfect specimen 3 2 inches ; tail T8. 
Head granular above, granules of the occiput, region between the eyes, and sides of the 
^ead behind the eyes equal in size, those of the snout and loreal regions rather larger. 
ostril in an angle between the rostral, first labial, and the points of two posterior shields, the 
lj iner of which is usually the larger. 
There are generally nine or ten upper labials on each side, the first five being the largest, 
an A in most cases there are four large lower labials followed by smaller scales, but these charac. 
ers ar e not constant ; sometimes there are six lower labials. Mental ending behind in an obtuse 
^gle, two or three pairs of enlarged chin-shields ; all the scales near the lower labials larger 
an - the flat granules of the throat . Back granular, with bluntly keeled enlarged tubercles ; 
^nt eight to ten of these may be counted across the back ; they are not very regularly dis- 
P°sed, and all are larger than the minute ear-opening. Abdomen covered with flat hexagonal 
Scales, which diminish in size laterally, but come farther up the sides than in most geckoes and 
i ss into the dorsal granules. Pive prseanal pores in males in a transverse row in front of the 
as - Limbs granular above. Tail granular throughout, granules convex above, rather larger 
aild flat below. 
Colour sandy above, whitish below, a pale line from the nose to the eye above the rather 
rker loreal region, and sometimes a pale line down each side of the back. Under the lens 
e nppe r parts are seen to be minutely puncticulated with brown, more closely in some parts 
a others, and there are also in places fine spots on the abdominal scales. 
1 x. s P ec ies is probably allied to Lacerta pipiens 1 of Pallas, a species apparently over- 
? e( l by most herpetologists, and which, like the present species, is described as possessing a 
^ mute ear and a smooth tail ; it, however, has no tubercles on the back, to judge by Pallas’ 
esc yiption, and it is very differently coloured. On one of Dr. Stoliczka’s labels the present 
Pecies is said to be found under stones and about old walls, and it is evidently common. 
q his list of the Western Turkestan reptiles, Severtzofi includes G. caspius, Eich. 
■ scafier, Bupp., and G. eversmanni , Strauch. I have not been able to find the description 
01 ta e last. 
1 Pallas: Zool. Ros. As., iii, p. 27 ; — Ascolabotes pipiens, Lieht., Eversman’s Reise, p. 145. 
