CHAP. XIX.] 



REPTILES. 



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Family 41.— GYMNOPTHALMLD,E. (5 Genera, 14 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical I Nearctic I Pal.earctic I Ethiopi\n I Oriental I Australian 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. | Sub-»egions. Sub-regions. Sub-kegions. Sub-regions. 



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1.2.3— — 2 — A 



1.2.3- 



The Gymnopthalmidae, or Gape-eyed Scinks, so called from 

 their rudimentary eyelids, form a small group, which is widely 

 and somewhat erratically distributed, as will be seen by the 

 following account of the distribution of the genera : — 



Lerista (1 sp.) and three other species for which Dr. Gray has 

 established the genera — Morethria (1 sp.), and Menetia (2 sp.), 

 are confined to Australia ; Cryptoblcpharus (4 sp.), is found in 

 West Australia, Timor, New Guinea, the Fiji Islands, and 

 Mauritius ; Ablepharus (4 sp.), inhabits Eastern and South- 

 eastern Europe, Persia, Siberia, West Africa, and the Bonin 

 Islands ; and Gymnopthalmus (3 sp.), is found in Brazil and the 

 West Indies. 



Family 42.— PYGOPODID^E. (2 Genera, 3 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



This small family of two-legged Lizards, comprising the 

 genera Pygopus and Delma, is found only in Australia proper 

 and Tasmania. 



