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Show 1899.] REPTILES OF T H E MALAY PENINSULA A N D SIAM. 627 c? . Total length 259 mm. (snout to vent 115 ; tail 144); this specimen had about 36 femoral and praeanal pores in all. $ . Snout to vent 100 mm.; tail reproduced. Hab. Malay Peninsula; said to occur also in Bengal, and found in Tenasserim by Signor Fea. 30. GONATODES KENDALLI (Gray). Gonatodes kendallii, Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. p. 63. Gonatodes kendalli, S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 863. Kendall's Gecko is known from the Larut Hills in Perak, 4200 to 4600 feet (Mr. L. Wray), and I have obtained it in the same hills at 3400 feet. It is also found on Bukit Timah, Singapore, at under 500 feet elevation (Mr. H. N. Ridley). Colour (in life). Above yellow, extensively marked with reddish brown, and with certain dark brown markings ; tail alternately banded yellow and reddish brown. Below purplish grey, except tail, which is as above, but less distinct. Iris orange. Hab. Malay Peninsula and Borneo. 31. GONATODES AFFINIS (Stol.). Cyrtodactylus affinis, Stol. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, p. 167, pl. x. fig. 1. Gymnodactylus affinis, Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. p. 42; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 862. Gonatodes penangensis, S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 863, pl. xliv. fig. 1. Gonatodes ajfinis, S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1898, p. 455. This Gecko inhabits the caves among the granite rocks on Penang Hill, 2200 to 2400 feet above the sea. I also obtained a specimen in the Batu Caves, Selangor; it was a male and had eight prseanal pores; it resembled the Penang specimens in colouring; the yellow bauds across the upper surface were very bright and distinct, giving the Lizard a striking appearance. Hab. Malay Peninsula. 32. ^ELUROSCALABOTES FELINUS (Gthr.). Pentadaciylus felinus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 117, pl. xii. % ' 8- ^Elurosaurus felinus, Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. p. 73. JEluroscalabotes felinus, Blgr. op. cit. iii. p. 482. This species, first described from a Singapore specimen, does not seem to have been again caught in the Straits Settlements. In the Taiping Museum, in May 1898, I saw, but did not have time to examine, some interesting Geckoes which may perhaps belong to this or some allied species. Hab. Malay Peninsula and Borneo. 33. PHYLLODACTYLUS SIAMENSIS Blgr. Phyllodactylus siamensis, Blgr. P. Z. S. 1898, p. 918, pl. Iv. fig. 1. Localities. The first two specimens of this little Gecko were |