2. PACHYDA.CTYPJS RUGOS
3. HEMIDACTYLUS CAPENSIS.
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R e p t il ia .— P l a t e LXXV.—F ig . 1 .— Y o u n g .
G. superne flavo-griseus ; dorso lineis nigris brevibus et maculis ovatis albis, in linea. vertebral!, notato ;
caudd superne fasciis transversis albis nigro-marginatis variegatd; partibus inferioribus rubro-albis
purpureo-tinctis; digitis brunneo-rubro anguste marginatis.
Longitudo 6 nasi apice ad basin caudse 2 unc. 8 lin.; caudse 1 unc. 10 lin.
C o l o u r .—The upper and lateral parts of the head, the back, the sides, the
outer surface of the extremities, and the upper and lateral parts of the tail,
yellowish grey, faintly tinged with pale, rusty oil-green, and variously
variegated. The variegation on the upper and lateral parts of the head are
small liver-brown dots; on the centre of the hack, greenish white ovate spots
edged with liver-brown, seven in number, in a longitudinal series, the second
spot exactly between the fore legs, the last between the hinder legs; on the
lateral parts of the back, sides, and outer surface of extremities, small liver-
brown spots or short lines, longitudinal or transverse, but not arranged in
any regular order. On the upper surface of the basal half of the tail, they
consist of three or four zig-zag transverse pale sienna-yellow bars, each
more or less edged anteriorly with liver-brown, the dorsal half with a few
longitudinal light sienna-yellow streaks, and some liver-brown stripes or
spots. The under surface of the head, neck, body, tail, and inner surface of
extremities, reddish white, more or less tinged with lilac-purple. Toes generally
margined with brownish red. Lips sienna-yellow, vertically barred
with pale brownish red.
F o rm , &c.—Head long, subovate, and posteriorly wider than the neck.
Body rather slender, and subcylitidrical. Tail cylindrical, tapered from the
base to the point, which is slender and acute. The upper surface of the
head, posteriorly, nearly flat, anteriorly, sloped to the nose ; rostral canthus,
indistinct. The upper and the lower lips project beyond the sides of the
head. Nose rounded; nostrils small, and situated close to the nose, imme