CHAP. XIX.] 
REPTTLES. 
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Family 48. — ACONTIADiE. (3 Genera, 7 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
NE ARCTIC 
Sob-regions. 
Pal-earctic 
Sub-kegions. 
Ethiopian 
Sob-regions. 
Oriental t 
Sub-regions, j 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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1 1 
' 2.3.4 
| — 2 
1 
This small family of snake-like Lizards has a very curious dis- 
tribution, being found in South and West Africa, Madagascar, 
Ceylon, and Ternate in the Moluccas. Acontias (4 sp.), is found 
in the four first-named localities ; Nessia (2 sp.), is confined to 
Ceylon ; Typhloscincus (1 sp.), to Ternate. 
Family 49.— GECKOTIML (50 Genera, 200 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Nearctic 
Sub-regions. 
Pal.earctic 
SU B-REGI0NS. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
1 .2 .3 .4 
1.2.3 — 
1.2. 3. 4 
1 .2 . 3 . 4 
1 .2 .3 . 4 
1 .2.3 .4 
1 
The Geckoes, or Wall-Lizards, form an extensive family, of 
almost universal distribution in the warmer parts of the globe ; 
and they must have some exceptional means of dispersal, since 
they are found in many of the most remote islands of the great 
oceans,' — as the Galapagos, the Sandwich Islands, Tahiti, New 
Zealand, the Loo-Choo and the Seychelle Islands, the Nicobar 
Islands, Mauritius, Ascension, Madeira, and many others. The 
following are the larger and more important genera 
Oedura (3 sp.), Australia; Diplodactylus (8 sp)., Australia, 
South Africa, and California; Phyllodactylus (8 sp.), widely 
scattered in Tropical America, California, Madagascar, and 
Queensland ; Hemidactylus (40 sp.), all tropical and warm 
countries; Peropus (12 sp.), the Oriental region, Papuan Islands, 
Mauritius, and Brazil ; Pentadactylus (7 sp.), Oriental region and 
Australia ; Gecko (12 sp.), Oriental region to New Guinea and 
