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HEPTILES. 
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Family 41.— GYMNOPTHALMID^. (5 Genera, 14 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
N EARCTIC 1 
Sub-regions. 
' PAL.EAR.CnC 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub- regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The Gymnopthalmidse, or Gape-eyed Seinks, so called from 
their rudimentary eyelids, form a small group, which is widely 
and somewhat erratically distributed, as will be seen by the 
following account of the distribution of the genera : — 
Lerista (1 sp.) and three other species for which Dr. Gray has 
established the genera — Morethria (1 sp.), and Menetia (2 sp.), 
are confined to Australia ; Oryptoblepharus (4 sp.), is found in 
West Australia, Timor, New Guinea, the Fiji Islands, and 
Mauritius; Ablepharus (4 sp.), inhabits Eastern and South- 
eastern Europe, Persia, Siberia, West Africa, and the Bonin 
Islands ; and Gymnopthalmus (3 sp.), is found in Brazil and the 
West Indies. 
Family 42. — PYGOPODIDiE. (2 Genera, 3 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Ne ARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
PAL^E ARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub- regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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This small family of two-legged Lizards, comprising the 
genera Pygopus and Delma \ is found only in Australia proper 
and Tasmania. 
