Editing Gehyra mutilata (section)

==Description==
[[File:Gehyra cf. mutilata.jpg | yhumb|250px | upright | left]]
The head of ''G. mutilata'' is longer than broad. The snout is longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, about 1.3 times the diameter of the orbit. The forehead has a median groove. The ear-opening is moderately large and suboval. The body and limbs are moderately elongate and depressed. A fold of the skin borders the hind limb posteriorly. The digits are short and more or less webbed at the base. The inferior lamellae are angular and divided by a median groove. The upper surface of the body and the throat are covered with small granular scales, which are largest and flat on the back. The abdominal scales are moderate. The [[Rostral scale|rostral]] is quadrangular, broader than deep, with a median cleft above. The nostril is pierced between the rostral, the first [[Labial scales|labial]], and three [[Nasal scales|nasals]], the upper much the largest and generally in contact with its fellow. There are 8 or 9 upper labials, and 6 or 7 lower labials. The [[Mental scale|mental]] is moderately large and pentagonal. There are 3 pairs of chin shields. The innermost pair is very large and elongate. The outermost pair is small, frequently broken up into small scales. The femoral pores are in a doubly curved line, angular in the middle, 14 to 19 on each side. The tail is depressed, normally with a sharpish, minutely serrated lateral edge. The upper surface of the tail is covered with very small flat scales. Its lower surface generally has a median series of large transversely dilated scales. ''G. mutilata'' is greyish or reddish brown above, uniform or dotted or variegated with darker. The lower surfaces are uniform whitish.<ref name=FBI>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1890). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia''. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (''Gehyra mutilata'', pp. 96–97, Figure 28).</ref>

''G. mutilata'' may attain a [[Snout–vent length|snout-to-vent length]] (SVL) of {{convert|2.25|in|cm|abbr=on}}, with a tail length equal to SVL.<ref name=FBI/>

A key identification character is the absence of a claw on the innermost digit.<ref name=Das2002>[[:fr:Indraneil Das|Das I]] (2002). ''A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India''. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-056-5}}. (''Gehyra mutilata'', p. 94).</ref>