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Matth. diosc. 274. f. 274. Salamander. 
Gesn. quadr. 80. Salamander. 
Aldr. quadr. 641. Land salamander. 
Jonst. quadr. t. 77. f. 10. 
Olear. mus. t. 8. f. 4. 
Seb. mus. 2. 1. 12. f. 5. 
Raj. quadr. 173. Land salamander 
Lives in Europe. 
The body is naked, without scales, perforated with pores. It was said in antiquity 
that it lived in fire, but Barlholinus has experimented on this. It exudes an oil from 
its pores that is used as a depilatory. 
Gecko 
21. Lizard with a terete, average tail; imbricate toes; body warty. 
Amoen. acad. 1. p. 133. 292. Lizard with a smooth, average tail, five-toed feet. 
Toes crested and imbricate; body warty. 
Mus. Ad. Fr. 1. p. 46. The same. 
Hasselqv. iter. 306. Gecko lizard with a smooth, average tail, crested feet, with 
lamellae longitudinally. 
Gron. mus. 2. p. 78. n. 53. Salamander. 
Seb. mus. 1. 1. 168. f. 2-8. 
Bont. jav. 57. Indian salamander. 
Lives in the Indies, often even in homes. 
It exudes poison onto its food from its feet (or through its urine?). 25 
Hasselqv. Tame; uses a house as a place of refuge. 
Stincus 26 
22. Lizard with a terete, average tail, compressed at its tip; with marginate, 
stubby toes. 
Gron. mus. 2. p. 76. n. 49. Scincus. 
Seb. mus. 2. p. 112. 1. 105. 1. 3. 
Best. mus. 1.12. f. 1. 
Olear. mus. 9. t. 8. f. 1. 
Raj. quadr. 271. Scincus. 
Amoen. acad. 1. p. 294. 
Hasselqv. act. ups. 1750. p. 30. 
- - - itin. 309. n. 58. 
Lives in mountainous areas of Libya, Egypt, and Arabia Petraea 27 
The body is sold as an aphrodisiac. 28 
hispida 
23. Lizard with a terete average tail, triple-spined at tip. 
Mus.Ad. Fr. 1. p. 44. The same lizard. 
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Seb. mus. 1. 1. 109. f. 6. 
f. 83. f. 1.2. 
It lives in South America 
orbicula¬ 
ris 
24. Lizard with a terete, short tail, trunk subglobular and spiny above. 
Seb. mus. 1. p. 134. t. 83. f. 1.2. Orbicular spiny lizard 
Hernand. mex. 327,328. Orbicular lizard 
Raj. quadr. 263. Orbicular lizard 
Lives in Mexico. 
