350 REPTILES. SAURIA. 



Body deep gray ; upper part of the body tuberculated, each tu- 

 bercle formed of three or Jour smaller ones ; scales below the tail 

 similar to those of the belly ; no nails on the thumbs or on the se- 

 cond and fifth toes ; no femoral pores. Inhabits Southern Eu- 

 rope and Asia Cuv. Reg. An. ii. 46. 



G. guttatus, Baud. (Stellio Gecko, Schneid.) Bddy reddish, with 

 rounded tubercles above, and numerous round white spots ; un- 

 der part of the tail with square and imbricated scales ; no nails 

 on the thumbs ; a row of pores before the anus. Inhabits Indian 

 Islands Lacep. i. pi. 29. 



G. vittatus, Cuv. Body brown, with a white band on the back, bi- 

 furcated on the head and on the base of the tail, with white rings 

 around the tail ; no nails on the thumbs. India. Daud. iv. pi. 50. 



2. HEMIDACTYLI. Base of the toes furnished with an oval disc, 

 formed below by a double row of scales ; from this disc rises the 

 second phalange, which is slender and supports the nail joint ; 

 nails on all the toes, and a row of pores on both sides of the anus ; 

 scales under the tail large. 



G. tuberculosus, Daud. The Tokay. Body marbled with bluish 

 and reddish; the body and tail" rough with conical tubercles. 

 About a foot long. Inhabits Indian Islands. Cuv. Reg. An. ii. 47. 



3. THECADACTYLI Toes widened throughout their whole length and 



furnished with transverse scales, the scales divided by a longitu- 

 dinal furrow ; no nails on the thumbs ; tail covered above and be- 

 low with small scales ; no femoral pores. 



G. Icevis, Daud. Body gray, marbled with brown and granular above; 

 tail long and plicated. Inhabits Surinam Daud. iv. pi. 51. 



4. PTYODACTYLI. Toes dilated only at the tip, and striated below ; 



the nails crooked, placed in a fissure. 



G. lobatus, Geoff. The House Gecko. ^Stellio Hasselquistii, Schn.) 

 Body smooth, reddish-gray, spotted with brown ; scales and tuber- 

 cles very small ; toes free; tail round. Inhabits Egypt. Geoff. 

 Rept. Egypt, iii. pi. 5. 

 This species frequents houses. Its voice resembles the croaking of a frog. 



Q.Jimbriatus, Cuv. The Fimbriated Gecko. Head, body, and legs 

 flattened at the sides, and bordered with a fringed membrane ; 

 feet semipalmated. 8| inches long. Inhabits Madagascar. 

 Shaw, iii. pi. 78- 



G. caudiverbera. Body blackish ; no fringe on the body but only on 

 the tail, on which there is also a membranous vertical crest. 

 About a foot long. Inhabits S. America. Shaw, iii. pi. 78. 



5. PHYLLURI. Similar inform to the Geckos, but without the toes 



widened; tail flattened, cordiform. 



G. phyllurus, (Stellio phyllurus, Schn. L. platura, White.) Body 

 gray, marbled with brown above, and rough with pointed tuber- 



