268 PERFOLIATED GECKO. 



and has no particular voice or cry. The Count 

 de Cepede appears to suppose it the L. Mauritanica 

 of Linnseus, but Mr. Schneider assures us, that 

 this is a mistake. 



PERFOLIATED GECKO. 



Lacerta Perfoliata. L. suhfusca supra Iceviuscula, lamellis pedum 



sulco dwisis, cauda ( scepius ) suhturhinata. 

 Brownish Gecko, nearly smooth above, with the lamellae of the 



feet divided by a furrow, and tail (frequently) turbinated. 

 Stellio perfoliatus. Schneid. Amph. Phys. Spec. Alt. p. 26. 



This species also is so extremely nearly allied 

 to the common Gecko, that it might pass for the 

 same animal, except that it is of a somewhat 

 thicker form, with shorter limbs, and is less dis- 

 tinctly marked by tubercles on the back, which is 

 rather covered by small conical scales or granules: 

 it is also destitute of subfemoral papiiias : the la- 

 mellas of the feet are divided by a midrib, or lon- 

 gitudinal furrow, and tlie claws are sheathed or 

 reti actile : the tail is of similar form to that of the 

 common Gecko, but appears to be hable to a sin- 

 gular variation, in which it is remarkably swelled 

 immediately beyond its origin, and gradually 

 tapers again to the extremity, so as to resemble 

 the form of a young turnep root ; being shorter 

 than the body itself: this variation, if such it be, 

 has been considered by some authors as a dis- 

 tinctive character, and the animal has been ac- 

 cordingly named Lacerta rapicauda^ under which 



