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Show 226 DR. A. GUNTHER ON INDIAN REPTILES. [Mar. 16, Body remarkably short, limbs of moderate strength. Brownish-olive above, sides black, lower parts greenish. There were three specimens of this species in Col. Beddome's collection. The larger (which is adult) was obtained in the Anamallay Mountains, the two smaller ones in Travancore. The former is 4\ inches long, the body measuring If inch. HEMIDACTYLUS COCTAI. I have referred to this species :- 1. Hemidactylus bengaliensis, Anders. J. A. S. B. 1871, p. 14, of which I have examined a specimen sent by Dr. Anderson to Col. Beddome. 2. Hemidactylus giganteus, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. 1872, p. 99, of which a specimen was given by Mr. Blanford to Col. Beddome. 3. Doryura berdmorei of Blyth and others, which appears to be founded on young examples of this species. GECKO ANAMALLENSIS. Upper parts uniformly covered with rather coarse granulations, without larger tubercles • scales of the middle of the abdomen in about 30 longitudinal series; no femoral or praeanal pores; nine upper and seven lower labials ; the front pair of chin-shields are smaller than the first lower labial. Tail slightly depressed, with a series of broad subcaudals. Neither the fingers nor the toes are webbed. No fold of the skin in the ham. Greyish brown above, clouded with darker. A single specimen was found by Col. Beddome in the Anamallay Mountains; it is 3*3 inches long, the body measuring If inches. GONIODACTYLUS WYNADENSIS. Gymnodactylus wynadensis, Bedd. Madr. Journ. Med. Sc. 1870, = G. maculatus, Bedd. ibid. GYMNODACTYLUS LITTORALIS (Jerd.), = Gymnodactylus planiceps, Beddome, Madr. Journ. Med. Sc. 1871. GYMNODACTYLUS GRACILIS (Bedd.) is probably the lizard to which Mr. Jerdon had previously applied the name of G. malabaricus. GYMNODACTYLUS NEBULOSUS (Bedd.). I regard CT. nebulosus, collegalensis, and speciosus oi Beddome varieties of colour of the same species. CALOTES GRANDISQUAMIS. (Plate XXX.) A single uninterrupted series of four or five spines above the tympanum, anteriorly passing into a row of scales which are larger than the others on the temple, and extend forward to the eye. Dorsal crest well developed, composed of compressed spines, long in the adult male, shorter in younger males and in the female ; this crest |