It is of an olive-green color, with large irregular greenish black spots.
Iguanas are found in Egypt, in Syria, and elsewhere.

The most common kind (_Stellio vulgaris_) does not exceed a foot in length, and is of an olive color, shaded with black.

It is persecuted and killed by the Mahometans, because they regard its favorite attitude as a derisive imitation of their own attitude of prayer.

There is another species, also Egyptian, which is of a much larger size, and of a grass-green color.

This is called _Stellio spinipes_: it has a length of from two to three feet.
The gecko is a kind of nocturnal lizard.