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Show 768 ON A NEW GECKO F R O M PENANG. [June 16, once and a half the diameter of the orbit: forehead concave ear-opening oval, horizontal. Body and limbs much depressed; digits short, two-thirds webbed, inner short; five lamellae under the inner digit, eight or nine under the fourth ; limbs with dermal folds, the largest extending from the vent to the fifth toe. lail much depressed, bordered on each side by a broad, entire, dermal fold with fringed edge. Rostral quadrangular, broader than deep ; nostril pierced between the rostral and four scales ; * 2 upper and 10 lower labials ; symphysial triangular; two pairs of chin-shields, the median forming a suture behind the symphysial. Head, back, and limbs covered with small granules, largest on the snout; occiput and back with numerous small, round, smooth tubercles ; ventral scales small, cycloid, imbricate, smooth. _ Tail covered with small granular scales, the muscular portion with transverse rows of small smooth tubercles above, with a series of transverse shields beneath. Grey above, speckled with brown, with quadrangular dark spots disposed in pairs along the back, connected by brownish bands and wavy transverse lines, and confluent into cross-bars on the tail; a dark streak on each side of the head passing through the eye; pale yellow beneath, speckled with blackish on the sides, the muscular portion of the tail coral-red. " Iris golden brown." millim. millim. Total length 115 Head 16 Width of head 9 Body 43 Fore limb 17 Hind limb 21 Tail 56 The single specimen is a female. |
