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GechoSy with granulated or tuberculated skin, lobatdd 

 feet, and toes lamellated beneath, 



C03IM0N GECKO. 



Lacei ta Gecko. L. Hvidafusco variegata, corpore verrucoso, pe- 

 dum lamellis indivisis. 



Livid Gecko, with brown variegations, body warted above, and 

 the lamellae of the feet undivided. 



Laccrta Gecko. L. cauda tereti mediocri, digitis muticis sub f us 

 lamellatis, corpore verrucoso, auribus coucavis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 p. 365. 



Salamandra vera sen Gekko Ceilonicus. Seb. 1. p. 170. t. lOS. 



The Gecko, said to be so named from the 

 sound of its voice, which resembles the above 

 word uttered in a shrill tone, is a native of many 

 parts of Asia and Africa, as well as of some of the 

 warmer regions of Europe. It is one of the 

 middle-sized Lizards, measuring, in general, about 

 a foot in length, or rather more. It is of a thicker 

 and stouter form than most other Lizards, having 

 a large and somewhat triangular flattish head, co- 

 vered with small scales, a wide mouth, large eyes, 

 minute teeth, and a broad flat tonj^ue. The limbs 

 are of moderate length, and the feet are of a 

 broader form than in the rest of the genus La- 

 certa, each toe being dilated on the margins, and 

 divided beneath into a great number of parallel 

 transverse lamellae, without any longitudinal mark 

 or furrow : all the toes, except the thumbs, are fur- 

 nished with small claws : the tail, which is gene- 

 rally longer than the body, is marked, more or less 



