MAURITANIC GECKO. QGQ 



title it stands in the Gmelinian edition of the 

 Systema Naturae. A specimen of similar character 

 is preserved in the British Museum, as well as in 

 the Leverian, and from the general tenor of the 

 descriptions given by authors, it appears to be 

 more frequently seen in this state than in what 

 Mr. Schneider considers as its truly natural one. 

 Mr. S. names it the Perfoliated Gecko, from the 

 appearance of the under surface of the feet, the 

 lamellae of which, being traversed by a longitu- 

 dinal midrib, represent in some degree the struc- 

 ture of the leaves in a perfoliate plant. The 

 colour of this species is cinereous, clouded or 

 marbled with brown variegations. Upon the 

 whole, I cannot help suspecting, that this is, in 

 reality, the same animal with the preceding, or 

 Geckotte. 



MAURITANIC GECKO. 



Lacerta Mauri tanica. L. tota svpra mucronato-verrvcosa^ cauda 

 planiuscula suhtus scutis tecta, pedum lamellis dkisk Iwiulatis. 



Brown Gecko, entirely covered above with sharp warts, with 

 the tail nearly flat and furnished with scuta beneath, and wit h 

 the lamellae of the feet lunulated and divided. 



Stellio Mauri tanicus. Schneid. Fhys. Amph. Sp. Alt. p. 24. 



Salamandra Ceilonica. Seb. I. p. 170. t. 108./. 4, 5, 6, 7.? 



Lacerta Mauritanica. L. cauda subverficiliata brem murkata 

 apice Icem, corpore supra tnvricatOj digit is subtus lamellatis mu- 

 ticis, Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 361. 



The Mauritanic Gecko is of similar aspect to 

 the first or common species, but is covered with 



