REPTILIA. 153 



32. SphcBuops capistraius. Wagl. Syst., p. 161. 



Collected by Dr. Bottger at Jaffa. 



It has a wide range in North Africa from Senegal to Egypt. 



FAMILY, GECKONID.^. 



II. Ptyodactylus hassclqiiisti. (Schneid. Amph. ii., 13.) The Gecko. 

 Extremely abundant in every part of the country. 



Its only other known habitat is Egypt. 



34. Hemidactylus verruciilattis. Cu\^ R. A. ii. 54. 



Found in every part of the country. 



This Lizard is spread over all the countries bordering the Medi- 

 terranean, north and south ; in Africa as far south as Senaar; and in Asia 

 it inhabits Arabia Petrea, and, according to Dumeril, Persia also. 



35. Stcnodactyhis guitatus. Cuv. R. A. ii. 58. 

 Found in the Ghor, north of the Dead Sea. 



It is an Egyptian and Arabian species. 



36. Platydadybis mauritanicus. (Linn. Syst. Nat. i., p. 361.) 

 Found by Dr. Buch in Syria and Arabia, and is probably the species 



taken by Dr. Lortet near Tiberias. 



It has been noted from all the countries bordering the Mediterranean. 



■^']. Gymnodadyhis gecko'ides. Spix. Braz. 17, t. 18, f. i. 

 Found by me on Mount Carmel. It occurs in Greece and European 

 Turkey and in Asia Minor, but has not yet been observed in Africa. 



38. Gymnodadyhis kotschyi. Steindachner. Sitz.-Ber. Akad. Wiss. 

 Wien., vol. Ixii., p. 329. 



Discovered by Simon at Caiffa, and by Dr. Bottger at Beyrout. 



It has been obtained in Persia, Cyprus, Asia Minor, and the Cyclades, 

 and also is said to be from Egypt and Senegambia. 



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