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CHAP. XIX.] REPTILES. 395<br />

Family 41.—GYMNOPTHALMID^. (5 Genera, 14 Species.)<br />

Neotropical<br />

Sub-regions.<br />

General Distribution.<br />

Oriental I<br />

Nearctic Pal-earctic Ethiopivn<br />

Australian<br />

I<br />

SUB-REG'ONS.<br />

I<br />

I<br />

SrB-KEGIONS. SUB-RROIONS. SUB-KEGIONS. SUB-RKGIONS.<br />

1.2.3 — St — A 1.2.3—<br />

The Gymnopthalmidae, or Gape-eyed Scinks, so called from<br />

their rudimentary eyelids, form a small group, which is widely<br />

and somewhat erratically distributed, as will be seen by the<br />

following account of the distribution of the genera :<br />

Lerista (1 sp.) and three other species for which Dr. Gray has<br />

established the genem— Morethria (1 sp.), and Menetia (2 sp.),<br />

are confined to Australia ; Cryptoblepharus (4 sp.), is found in<br />

West Australia, Timor, New Guinea, the Fiji Islands, and<br />

Mauritius; Ablepharus (4 sp.), inhabits Eastern and South-<br />

eastern Europe, Persia, Siberia, West Africa, and the Bonin<br />

Islands ; and Gymnopthalmus (3 sp.), is found in Brazil and the<br />

West Indies.<br />

Family 42.—PYGOPODID^. (2 Genera, 3 Species.)<br />

General Distribution.<br />

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