SCOLLOP-TAILED GECKO. 277 



back : the webs ot' the hind feet and the scolloped 

 or finny part ot' the tail are of a bright red : all 

 the toes are furnished with claws. It is an ex- 

 tremely rare animal, and its full history does not 

 appear to be clearly understood. 



VAR. ? 



Caudiverbera Peruviana. Laur. Amph. p. 34. Feuillee Per. 2. 

 p. 319. 



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FEUILLEE, in his account of Peru, describes a 

 species in many respects allied to the above, but 

 of a blueish black colour. 



Mr. Schneider, who ranks the L. Caudiverbera 

 among- the rest of the Geckos, observes, that there 

 is some contusion in the Count de Cepede's work 

 relative to this species and the American Croco- 

 dile of Seba. " Gallus De la Cepede omnem ani- 

 mal is notiriam, appositis licet locis civis sui Feu- 

 illee et Lanrenti, plane pervertit. Scilicet is nescio 

 quo glaucomate oculis subito oborto in Systemate 

 Linnaei Sebani Thesauri tomum 1. ejusque tabu- 

 lam 103. fig. 2. laudatum legere sibi visus est 

 cum Linnaeus laudasset eandem tabulam ex tomo 

 altero. Picturam igitur Sebanam, quam tamen 

 ipse suo errore retulerat ad lacertam caudiverbe- 

 ram, improbavit, et recte quidem, eique alteram 

 ejusdem tomi in tab. 106. fig. 1. substituit, quse 

 Crocodilum Americanum plane expressit, atque 

 ad ejus notitiam recte fuit relata a Laurentio. Cui 

 errori sane gravissimo similes plures reperi in libro 



