SCOLLOP-TAILED GECKO. Til 



back : the webs of the hind feet and the scolloped 

 or finny part of the tail are of a bright red : all 

 the toes are furnished Avith claws. It is an ex- 

 tremely rare animal, and its full history does not 

 appear to be clearly understood. 



VAR. ? 



Caudiverbera Peruviana. Laur. Amph, p.Z^, Feuillee Per. 2, 



Feuillee, in his account of Peru, describes a 

 species in many respects allied to the above, but 

 of a blueish black colour. 



Mr. Schneider, who ranks the L. .Caudiverbera 

 among the rest of the Geckos, observes, that there 

 is some confusion in the Count de Cepede's work 

 relative to this species and the American Croco- 

 dile of Seba. Gallus De la Cepede omnem ani- 

 malis notitiam, appositis licet locis civis sui Feu- 

 illee et Laurenti, plane pervertit. Scilicet is nescio 

 quo glaucomate oculis subito oborto in Systemate 

 Linnaei Sebani Thesauri tomum 1. ejusque tabu- 

 lam 103. fig. 2. laudatum legere sibi visus est 

 cum Linnaeus laudasset eandem tabulam ex tomo 

 altero. Picturam igitur Sebanam, quam tamen 

 ipse suo errore retulerat ad lacertam caudiverbe- 

 ram, improbavit, et recte quidem, eique alteram 

 ejusdem tomi in tab. IO6. fig. 1. substituit, quas 

 Crocodilum Americanum plane expressit, atque 

 ad ejus notitiam recte fuit relata a Laurentio. Cui 

 errori sane gravissimo similes plures reperi in libro 



