GHARIAL or gavial: Substantive - herpetology. Genus of saurians, close to crocodiles, characterised by long, straight and narrow jaws which get a bit wider at the end. The common …Read more »
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IGUANA s. ( Carib yana). Herpet. genus of saurians, which includes three or four species of great lizards that inhabit Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Martinique, and whose …Read more »
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GECKO s. (onomatop. call of this animal). Herpet. Family of nocturnal saurians which includes more than sixty species, living in warm climates and having habits and traits as distinct in form and structure as those of crocodiles or chameleons. The common gecko (platydactylus guttatus, Cuv.) can be found in Asia and its archipelagoes; it is 9.84 inches (25 cm) long, the tail counting for half of this length. It is of a mainly blackish gray colour, with whitish spots. The gecko which can be found on West Indian walls is hemidactylus mabouia, Cuv. It is approximately 4.72 inches (12 cm) long, greyish and marbled with brown, with the posterior half of the tail ringed …Read more »
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