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rather depressed at base, and rounded in the rest of its 

 length; on its upper surface are rows of spiny scales. 

 In the males, near the root of the tail beneath, are seven, 

 eight, or ten pores, each in the centre of a lozenge-shaped 

 scale. The upper parts of the body are generally grey, 

 more or less clear, sometimes red-brown marbled with 

 broA;\Ti ; in some individuals the colouring is very dark 

 above. The under parts are white, or whitish ; between 

 the eye and nostril is generally a black line. 



Entire length, nearly 5 inches. 



Inhabits nearly aU the countries on the Mediterranean, 

 aU Central and Lower Italy, Dalmatia, South of France, 

 Sicily, and Greece ; it has been received from Trebizonde 

 and the Senegal. 



Genus PHYLLODACTYLUS. 



AU the toes furnished with nails, and dilated at their 

 extremities into a subtriangular disk, the sole of which 

 is smooth, either flat or convex, and always with a fuiTow 

 along its centre, at the bottom of which the nail appears, 

 as it were, buried. There are no pores on the thighs; 

 the opening of the pupil of the eye is vertical ; the lower 

 margin of the eyelid withdrawn to the orbit ; the nostrils 

 placed on each side at the extremity of the nose ; the neck 

 is scarcely to be distinguished from the body. 



Phyllodactylus Europseus. 



Phyllodaetylus Europceus, Sciiinz, Europ. Faun. vol. ii. p. 11 ; Buon. 

 Faim. Ital. (figured). 



Description. — The head is oval, somewhat swoUen behind 

 the eyes, depressed ; the eyes are large, round, very close 

 to the cheeks, rather nearer to the ear than to the end of 

 the nose ; the neck is more distinct than is usual in this 



