278 SCHNEIDERIAN GECKO. 



Galli, quos tempore opportuniore alibi coarguam." 

 '^Schneid. Amph. 



SCHNEIDERIAN GECKO. 



Lacerta Schneideriana. L, cinerea^ cauda supra cotmxa infra 

 plana, fascia utrinque capitis nigra, pedum lamellis lunulatis 

 divisis. 



Grey Gecko, with tail convex above and flat below, a black 

 band on each side the head, and the lamellae of the feet lu- 

 nulated and divided. 



Stellio platyurus. Schneid, Amph. Sp. Jit. p, 30. 



Slightly described by Mr. Schneider, who 

 considers it as a species before unnoticed : size 

 not mentioned : colour cinereous, with a brown 

 band on each side the head, running across the 

 eyes over the shoulders : along each side of the 

 body a kind of suture or wrinkling of the skin : 

 tail broad, convex above, flat below, and edged 

 with a row of longer and sharper scales than on 

 the other parts. 



