THE LIZARDS 



105 



Number 



of 

 species 



Genus Gastropholis 1 species 



Genus Lacerta 21 species 



Genus Algiroides 3 species 



Genus Psammodromus 4 species 



Genus Tropidosaura 1 species 



Genus Nucras 2 species 



Genus Latastia 4 species 



Genus Acanthodactylus 10 species 



Genus Cabrita 3 species 



Genus Ophiops 6 species 



Genus Ichnotropis 2 species 



Genus Eremias 24 species 



Genus Scapteira 9 species 



Genus Aporosaura 1 species 



Genus Holaspis 1 species 



Family Gerrhosanridce : 



Genus Gerrhosauriis 5 species 



Genus Tetradactylus 3 species 



Genus Cordylosaurus 2 species 



Genus Zonusaurus 3 species 



Genus Tracheloptychus 2 species 



Family Scincidw: Smooth-scaled 

 lizards, most of them polished 

 and glassy; some with diminu- 

 tive limbs — others limbless. 

 Old and New World. 



Genus E genua 9 species 



Genus Carucla 1 species 



Genus Trachysaurus 1 species 



Genus Tiliqua 5 species 



Genus Hemisphceriodon 1 species 



Genus Macroscincus 1 species 



Genus Mabuia 66 species 



Genus Lygosoma 160 -f- species 



Distribution 



East Africa. 



Europe, Asia, and Africa 

 north of the equator. 



Southern Europe. 



S. W. Europe; opposite shores 

 of Africa. 



South Africa. 



Central and Southern Africa. 



East Africa, north of the 

 equator; Arabia. 



Southern Spain; Africa north 

 of the equator; Southwest- 

 ern Asia. 



India. 



S. E. Europe and So. Asia; 

 Northern Africa. 



Africa south of the equator. 



Asia and Africa. 



Central Asia; So. Africa. 



Western Africa. 



Western Africa. 



Central and Southern Africa. 



Southern Africa. 



S. W. Africa. 



Madagascar. 



Madagascar. 



Australia. 



Solomon Islands. 



Australia. 



Malaysia; Australia. 



Queensland, Australia. 



Cape Verde Islands. 



Africa and Madagascar; So. 



Asia; Central Amer. ; So. 



Amer.; West Indies. 

 S. E. Asia, Malaysia and 

 Australasia; Central and 



