THE GECKOES 



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figure cm p. 2469) being dilated at their summits, where they are furnished inferi- 

 orly with two diverging series of plates; the digits being furnished with claws capa- 

 ble of retraction wkhin notches in the front of the disc. The upper surface is 

 covered with granules, among which are some small keeled tubercles;, the color be- 

 ing grayish or yellowish brown above, with darker and light spots, and below 

 uniform white. The length is a little over five inches. 



FRINGED GECKO. 

 (Natural size.) 



Equally well known is the Turkish gecko (Hemidadylus turdcus), 

 represented in the figure opposite, which is likewise a small species, in- 

 habiting the countries bordering the Mediterranean and Red Seas, 

 and also found in Sind. It belongs to a group of genera with dilated toes and com- 

 pressed claws, and is specially characterized by the extremities of the toes being 

 free, the plates on the under surface of the discs arranged in double rows, and the 



Turkish 

 Gecko 



