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duces redness there, but probably only in conse- 

 quence of the fineness of its claws. Its voice some- 

 what resembles that of frogs. 



Others have the tail edged on each side with a 

 membrane, and the feet semi-palmate. They are 

 probably aquatic. These are the Uroplates of 

 Dumeril. 



TJie Fringed Gecko. {Stellio Fimbriatus, Schn. 

 Tete-plate, Lac, or Famo-Cantrata of Madagas- 

 car.) Brug. Lacep. I. xxx. Daud. IV. Hi. 



Has not only a border to the sides of the tail, but 

 extending along the flanks, where it is fringed and 

 slashed. It is found at Madagascar, according to 

 report, on trees, where it jumps from branch to 

 branch. The people of that country are in much 

 dread of it, but without any foundation.* 



The Peruman Gecko, {hac. Ccmdiverhera^^ Lin. 

 FeuilMe, I. 319. 



Has no fringe on the sides of the body, but only on 

 those of the tail, on which it has also a membranous 

 vertical crest. Feuill^e discovered it in a spring on 

 the Cordilleras. It is blackish, and more than a foot 

 in length. 



We may make a fifth division, 



* According to the description of Bruguiere, the Sarroube of Mada- 

 gascar has all the characters of the famocantrata, except the fringe, and 

 the thumb, which is wanting on the fore feet. M. Fitzinger makes of it his 

 genus Sarruba. 



