STROBILOSAURA. 
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Extremely common everywhere in the woods under dead 
wood, stones, &c., and occasionally descending to the beach at 
low water. They may be seen all day basking in the sun, 
but from their activity are not easy to approach. They 
swim well and rapidly, with the head high, but dive when 
alarmed. 
Stib-order Pacliyglossre. 
Tribe Nyctisaura. 
Fam. Geckotidaj. 
Gen. Platyurus. 
Platynrns Sclmeiderianns (Gray, Cat. Brit. Mua.). 
Hemidactylus niarginatus (Bum, et Bib.). 
Colour — sandy gray above : whitish beneath. 
Total length, 3 inches 10 lines. 
Length of tail, 1 inch 8 lines. 
„ of ear to end of muzzle, 0 lines. 
„ of eye to end of muzzle, 3 lines. 
Nostrils placed very near the end of the muzzle. The head from 
above has a very eel-like appearance. 
Skin granular — below, small scales ; a series of large transverse 
scales extends along the middle of the whole length of the lower side 
of the tail. 
Caught in a hollow tree in the jungle. 
Gen. Gecko. 
Gecko monarchns (Gray, Cat. Brit. Mus.). 
Platydactyliiamonarchus (Diim, et Bib.). 
Colour — above ; light brownish gray, with dark spots and mark- 
ings along the line of the vertebrm, head also spotted — below j 
whitish brown. 
Body — above ; covered with small granular scales, and thickly 
studded with conical tubercles — below ; covered with smooth scales. 
Total length, G| inches. 
Length of tail, 34 inches. 
„ of ear to end of muzzle, 9 lines. 
Greatest width of head, 7 lines. 
Not uncommon. 
Tribe Strobiiosanra. 
Fam. Agamidse. 
Gen. Draco. 
