74 THE VIVARIUM. 
spines at the base of the tail on each side. If the tail has not 
been reproduced, there are spines along the whole of its upper 
surface; but if reproduced, the tail will be thicker, rounder, 
smoother, and probably without spines. The colour of the 
animal is various—sometimes light grey above and pinkish-white 
beneath, and sometimes dark brown, and, occasionally, with light 
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Fic. 36.—WALL GECKO (Platydactylus muralis, Dum. et Bib.). 
streaks above and dirty white below. In length, it is from 4in. 
to 6in., and lives in inhabited houses, ruins, old walls, and the 
like. This Gecko, which is very hardy, is found in Italy, Spain, 
South of France, Greece, Sicily, and the coasts of Egypt and 
Barbary. Fig. 36 represents a Gecko climbing a perpendicular 
wall, and in the possession of a tail which has been reproduced. 
