26*8 PERFOLIATED GECKO. 



and has no particular voice or cry. The Count 

 de Cepede appears to suppose it the L. Mauritanica 

 of Linnaeus, but Mr. Schneider assures us, that 

 this is a mistake. 



PERFOLIATED GECKO. 



Lacerta Perfoliata. L. siibfusca supra lirciuscula, lamellls pedum 



sulco dtiisis, cauda (scepius) subturbinata. 

 Brownish Gecko, nearly smooth above, with the lamellae of the 



feet divided by a furrow, and tail (frequently) turbinated. 

 Stellio perfoliatus. Schneid. Amph. Phi/s. Spec. Alt. p. 26. 



Tins species also is so extremely nearly allied 

 to the common Gecko, that it might pass for the 

 same animal, except that it is of a somewhat 

 thicker form, with shorter limbs, and is less dis- 

 tinctly marked by tubercles on the back, which is 

 rather covered by small conical scales or granules: 

 it is also destitute of subfemoral papillae : the la- 

 mella? of the feet are divided by a midrib, or lon- 

 gitudinal furrow, and the claws are sheathed or 

 retractile : the tail is of similar form to that of the 

 common Gecko, but appears to be liable to a sin- 

 gular variation, in which it is remarkably swelled 

 immediately beyond its origin, and gradually 

 tapers again to the extremity, so as to resemble 

 the form of a young turnep root ; being shorter 

 than the body itself: this variation, if such it be, 

 has been considered by some authors as a dis- 

 tinctive character, and the animal has been ac- 

 cordingly named Lacerta rapicauda, under which 



