480 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OF 



Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, nnder 

 command of Capt. John Rogers, TJ, S. N. 



BY EDWARD HALLOWELL, M. D. 



EDITED BY E. D. COPE. 



Nicaragua. 

 SAURIANS. 



Geckotians. 



Geckotian Lizards Lezards Geckotiens D. & B. 



Hemidactylus Cuv. 



Sect. Dactyloperes. Peropus Wieg. 



Div. A. Subdigital lamella entire. 



Hemidactylus pb^signis nob. 



Proceed. Acad. Nat. Sci., Oct. 1856, p. 222. 



Char. Rostral plate bilobed ; seven superior labials ; mental plate very 

 large, the sides excavated, rounded "posteriorly ; six plates in a transverse 

 row beneath the chin, the two middle ones much smaller than the lateral : 

 tail slender, long ; color uniform chocolate-brown above ; abdomen and under 

 part of tail whitish. Total length, 6 inches. Tail, 3 inches, 3 lines. 



Found also in Jamaica. 



SPHiERIODACTYLUS CuV. 



For gen. char, see D. & B.. torn. ii. 401. 



SPH-iERIODACTYLUS MILLEPUNCTATtTS nob. 



Spec. char. Dorsal scales very small, unicarinate ; color reddish, with 

 numerous small brownish spots ; under parts white ; length of head and body, 

 11 lines. 



Description. Scales upon muzzle larger than those upon the vertex ; those 

 upon body remarkable for their small size, being much smaller than those of 

 the specimens in the Museum, marked nigropunctatus, from Jamaica, 

 or of Spk?eriodactylus fantasticus, from Mexico. Abdominal scales 

 carinated, very much larger than those upon the throat and chin ; color red- 

 dish-brown above, with numerous brown spots, intermingled with very 

 minute white points ; under parts white. Two specimens. 



Iguanians. 



Sauriens Eunotes D. & B. Lezards Iguaniens. 



Anolis D. & B. 



Div. A. With fingers but slightly dilated. 



Anolis refulgens Schlegel. 



Draconura nitens Wagl. Dum. & Bib., torn. iv. p. 91. 



This species is very well characterized by the larger row of scales along the 

 median line of the back ; the granulations upon the sides are much smaller 

 than those of the back and abdomen, and there is a larger row of scales upon 

 the back of the tail ; immediately behind the mental plate are six scales, in 

 a transverse row, the four intermediate quite small, the lateral much larger ; 

 the occipital scale lies in a well marked depression, the supra-orbitar ridges 

 are nearly in contact, and on the front part of the head is a longitudinal 



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