280 SPITTING GECKO. 



much smaller : the tail is but little longer than the 

 body : the colour of the upper parts pale cine- 

 reous, with several bands or transverse patches of 

 brown, which gradually vanish towards the tip of 

 the tail : the limbs are banded in the same man- 

 ner : the under parts are pale cinereous or whitish: 

 the tongue oblong, flattish, rounded, and slightly 

 divided at the tip : the feet are divided into five 

 toes, without claws, and terminated by a kind of 

 dilated tips : the scales on the whole animal are 

 smooth or glossy ; the tail round and taper, and 

 furnished beneath with a row of small scuta. This 

 species is a native of the island of Eustatia, and 

 occasionally strays into houses, and about wood- 

 work, walls, &c. When disturbed by a near ap- 

 proach, it is said to ejaculate from its mouth a 

 black acrimonious fluid into the face of the spec- 

 tator? thus causing a slight inflammation of the 

 skin, which is commonly dispersed by rubbing 

 the part with camphorated spirit of wine. The 

 exact structure of the lower surface of the feet in 

 this species is not distinctly described, but there 

 is reason to suppose that it belongs to the Gecko 

 tribe. 



