Geckos, with granulated or tuberculated skin, lobatcd 

 feet, and toes lameJlated beneath. 



COMMON GECKO. 



Lacerta Gecko. L. Ihidafvsco variegata, corpore verrucoso, pe- 



dum lamellis indmsis. 

 Livid Gecko, with brown variegations, body warted above, and 



the lamelhe of the feet undivided. 

 Lacerta Gecko. L. cauda tcreti mediocri, digitis muticis subtus 



lamcllatis, corpore renucoi>o, auribus coiicacis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



p. 365. 

 Salamandra vera seu Gekko Ceilonicus. Scl>. 1. p. 170. t. 108. 



THE Gecko, said to be so named from the 

 sound of its voice, which resembles the above 

 word uttered in a shrill tone, is a native of many 

 parts of Asia and Africa, as well as of some of the 

 warmer regions of Europe. It is one of the 

 middle-sized Lizards, measuring, in general, about 

 a foot in length, or rather more. It is of a thicker 

 and stouter form than most other Lizards, having 

 a large and somewhat triangular flattish head, co- 

 vered with small scales, a wide mouth, large eyes, 

 minute teeth, and a broad flat tongue. The limbs 

 are of moderate length, and the feet are of a 

 broader form than in the rest of the genus La- 

 certa, each toe being dilated on the margins, and 

 divided beneath into a great number of parallel 

 transverse lamella?, without any longitudinal mark 

 or furrow : all the toes, except the thumbs, are fur- 

 nished with small claws : the tail, which is gene- 

 rally longer than the body, is marked, more or less 



