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2. The Warty Hemidactyle (/emidactylus verruculatus).—The 
members of this (the half-fingered) genus have the base of each 
toe, underneath, provided with an oval disc, from the centre of 
which springs the second joint of the toe, that part of the toe 
beyond the disc being slender. This species has a claw on every 
toe: the toes are free and pear-shaped. The males possess 
femoral pores. The colour of this animal is very like that of the 
former, with the exception of a little more red in the brown. 
The length is about 5in. It is found on the shores of the Medi- 
terranean Sea, and is also a hardy species. 
3. The European Phyllodactyle (Phyllodactylus europeus).— 
The Geckos of this (the leaf-fingered) genus have claws on all 
toes, which (the toes) are dilated at their extremities into a sub- 
triangular disc. This species has an oval and depressed head, 
broader behind the eyes, which are round and large. It has a 
more distinct neck than is usual with members of this genus. 
There are no femoral pores. The colour on the back is a dirty 
pink, covered with spots of a darker shade; beneath the body the 
colour is a dusky white. It is rather less than 3in. in length. 
It is found in the South of Europe, and it is not so easily ob- 
tained as the foregoing, but is hardy. 
4. The Fan-foot (Ptyodactylus Gecko, Fig. 37).—The membera of 
this (the fan-footed) genus have toes that are free and slender at 
the base, but the extremity of each is provided below with a 
large disc, in front of which a claw is sheathed in a kind of 
notch. There are no femoral pores. The colour may be 
described as a red-brown, spotted with white. The colouring, 
however, varies a good deal. This species is common over North 
Eastern Africa and South Western Asia. 
The other Geckos that may be mentioned are Delaland’s Gecko 
(Tarentola Delalandii), the Indian Gecko (Gecko verus), and the 
Ocellated Gecko (Pachydactylus ocellatus). 
I have bought Geckos in London for half-a-crown each. They 
are sometimes found in Covent Garden as ‘‘ stowaways” in boxes 
of bananas. 
Varanide.—‘‘ Would you like to see him swallow an egg whole, 
sir?” said the attentive keeper of the Reptile House, Regent’s 
Park, to me one day. Naturally I answered in the affirmative, 
