CHAP. XIX.] 



REPTILES. 



395 



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FAMILY 41. GYMNOPTHALMID^E. (S Genera, 1$ Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



NEOTROPICAL 

 SUB-REGIONS. 



NEARCTIC I PAL^ARCTIC I ETHIOPIAN 



SUB-REG'ONS. SUB-KEGIONS. SUB-REGIONS. 



ORIENTAL 

 SUB- REGIONS. 



AUSTRALIAN 

 SUB-REGIONS. 



_2-4. 1.2.3- -2-4 1.2.3- 



The Gymnopthalmidae, or Gape-eyed Scinks, so called from 

 their rudimentary eyelids, form a small group, which is widely 

 and somewhat erratically distributed, as will be seen by the 

 following account of the distribution of the genera : 



Lerista (1 sp.) and three other species for which Dr. Gray has 

 established the genera Morethria (1 sp.), and Menetia (2 sp.), 

 are confined to Australia ; Cryptoblepharus (4 sp.), is found in 

 West Australia, Timor, New Guinea, the Fiji Islands, and 

 Mauritius; Ablepharus (4 sp.), inhabits Eastern and South- 

 eastern Europe, Persia, Siberia, West Africa, and the Bonin 

 Islands ; and Qymnopthalmus (3 sp.), is found in Brazil and the 

 West Indies. 



FAMILY 42. PYGOPODID^. (2 Genera, 3 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



This small family of two-legged Lizards, comprising the 

 genera Pygopus and Delma, is found only in Australia proper 

 and Tasmania. 



