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soft conical spines. Labials ii, anterior largest. Mental longer 
than broad, broader in front than behind, slightly longer than the 
adjoining labials. Angle of the mouth slightly in front of the 
hinder border of the eye. A small fold from below the eye to 
Text Fig. i. — Diplodactylus ivoodwnrdi, sp. nov. (from type). 
a. Dorsal view of tip of snout, enlarged. 
b. Dorsal view of tip of fourth toe, enlarged. 
c. Ventral view of tip of fourth toe, enlarged. 
behind the angle of the mouth ; another, possibly due to preserva- 
tion, above the ear opening. Scales of head granular, very 
convex, uniform, those near the labials enlarged. Scales of back 
like those of the head, slightly larger than those of the sides. Belly 
scales flatter than dorsal scales, with a tendency, like those of the 
sides, to overlap. Scales of limbs uniform. Scales of tail squarish, 
larger than body scales, arranged in transverse rows. Digits 
cylindrical, not depressed at tips ; inferiorily with transversely oval 
granules ; two enlarged, elongate, slightly diverging plates at the 
apex. 
Colour (Spirits) : — Back light brownish, with eight or nine 
alternating darker brown bands consisting of a network enclosing 
occasional white spots. Large white spots on the sides between 
the bands. A band of reticulations on the loreal region and behind 
the eyes, connecting with its fellow in the occipital region. Upper 
surface of limbs with faint reticulations. Tail with alternating 
brown bands dorsally connected with each other laterally. Under 
surfaces uniform creamish. 
total length (from tip of snout to tip of tail) 51 mm. 
I his handsome species is allied to D. alboguttatus, Werner, 1 
1 Werner — Fauna Sudwest-Austr., II, 1910, p. 462, fig. 4. 
