^70 



CHINESE GECKO. 



spiny or sharp-pointed warts on its upper surface: 

 the tail also is distinctly verticillated by rows of 

 spiny processes : the toes are lamellated beneath, 

 but not divided by a middle sulcus, and are fur- 

 nished with small claws : beneath the thighs is a 

 short row of papillas : the tail is flattish beneath, 

 and covered with broad transverse scales, and the 

 principal or most strongly-marked joints or ver- 

 ticilli are the six superior ones. Mr. Schneider, 

 who seems to be never weary of censuring the 

 Count de Cepede, complains that that gentleman 

 has erred in comparing this with a very different 

 species, and that he never could have seen the 

 animal. 



CHINESE GECKO* 



Lacerta Sinensis. L. canda ancipite^ digitis omnibus mgvicuktis, 

 facie foraminibus phribus pertvsa. Schtieid. Amph. Fhys. Sp, 

 Alt, p. 28.' 



Gecko with flat tail, all the toes unguiculated, and the face 

 perforated by several pores. 



This was first described by Osbeck, who ob- 

 served it in China, where it is frequently seen in 

 houses, running about the walls, and climbing 

 with extreme readiness on the smoothest surfaces, 

 preying chiefly on the smaller kind of Blattas. 

 The head is broad and flat ; the teeth small ; the 

 tongue flat and emarginated at the tip : the body 

 flat, broad, and compressed at the sides : the back 

 beset with black and whitish tubercles : the tail 



