CLASS REPTILIA. 



Brasilian Cyrtodactyle. Cyrtodactylus Spixii, Gray. Gym- 

 nodactylus Geckoides, Spix, t. 18. f. 1. 



Brown, back with six series of small angular warts. Brazils. 



Piping Cyrtodactyle. Cyrtodactylus ? Pipiens. Stenodacty- 

 lus, Licht. Lac. Pipiens, Pallas. 



Tail, not annulated. 



b. Tail depressed, subanal pores distinct. Phyllurus, Cuv. 



Flat-tailed Cyrtodactyle. Cyrtodactylus Platura. Lacerta, 

 Shaw. Agama, Merrem. Phyllurus Cuvierii, Bory. 

 White Voy. t. 32. f. 2. 



Tail cordate ; grey, brown marbled, scales, with scattered 

 pointed tubercles. 



Nilius''s Cyrtodactyle. Cyrtodactylus Nilii. Phyllurus, 

 Bory. Diet. Class, t. 



Tail bluntish, spathuliform, above brick-red with a black 

 half collar and three bands. 



c. Toes free, ending in a small simple round disk, without 

 any plates beneath; claws retractile. Sphceriodactylus, 

 Gray. 



Banded Spheriodactyle. Spheriodactylus Sputator. Gecko, 

 Lacep. 2. O. t. 28. f. 1. 



Reddish, with brown cross-bands. 



See also Lac. Sputator Var. Lacep. Kept. i. t. 28. f. 2. Lac. 

 Sputator, Sparmann. Nov. Act. Stock. 1784. t. 4. f. 1, 3. 



Gen. IV. — Chameleon. 



Teeth placed on the vipper edge of the jaws ; toes united 

 into two groups to the claws ; tail prehensile ; body com- 

 pressed, covered with squarish scales. Africa or India. 



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