TARENTOLA BIBRONII.— Smith. 
Reptilia.— Plate L. Fig- 1. 
T. paffide h.vo-W.e, , Mb — 
notatis ; partium supenorum squanus par mm m g > triansruhri • digitis brevibus, sine 
partim ininutis subcircularibus, et tenuibus; capite magno triangular! . d,g 
unguibus; pupilla vertical!; cauda semi cylmdracea. 
Colour The upper and lateral parts of the head, the hack, the sl< jes, 
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transverse liver-brown bars, those of the back arched or zigzag, those 
the tail straight. In many specimens several of these dark bars, pai txcu ax y 
those on theLterior portion of the back, are either edged poatenorly w.th a 
white band or are white spotted ; the bars of the tail are much broader than 
those of the back. Hind-head variegated with small liver-brown spo s 
arranged in short lines, and some of a like kind exist on the upper surface 
of the head towards the nose. The large triangular, protuberant scales, 
scattered^on the body and tail, are invariably of a 
the small ones, being in many instances nearly vh . } ° 
coloured brown, with a strong metallic histrm j esse d, and sub- 
Form &c.— Figure rather. c umsy H ‘ 1 c0 P nside rably broader 
*££ - -face 6 oil head, posteriorly, flat anteriorly, 
Led tobte nose. Body depressed, and above convex; s.des bulging 
'tail semicylindrical, thick and slightly depressed at the base, slender at 
1 • . y v low flat- nostrils almost contiguous, close to the tip of the 
the point, be '“ circular, directed laterally, and each surrounded with 
” 0Se ; vated horny ring ; Meat* externa, ovate ; pupil vertical and ovate; toes, 
an elevated ill t y J ^ flattenedi particu l a rly towards the point, where 
tlm/are lightly’ broider than at the base; no claws; the under surface 
