114 THE HERPETOLOGY OF CUBA. 



f- Squamation homogeneous, scales of single area similar 



in size Anolis, p. 132 



d- Toes undilated. 



e' Two hind toes armed with "combs" Cydura, p. \GG 



c^ Hind toes all simple. 



P Tail long cylindrical Noropn, p. 164 



f- Tail long, more or less compressed and crested . . . Linccphalus, p. 169 

 b- Head covered with large plates. 



c' Eyelids undevelojied, pupil vertical Cricolepis, p. 177 



c- Eyelids developed. 



d' Occipital shield absent Ameiva, p. 179 



d^ Occipital shield present Celestus, p. 175 



a- No limbs. 



b' A lateral line present Amphishaenn, y>. 1S3 



b= No lateral line Cadea, p. 181 



Gekkonidae. 



13. GoNATODES Fuscus (Hallowell). 

 Plate 1, fig. 5. 

 Salamanquita. 



Diagnosis: — A heavy bodied, thick tailed nocturnal lizard which differs 

 from the other Cuban geckonids by havmg round pupils, the eyelid distinct 

 all around the eye and no dilatation of the digits. 



Description: — Adult cf M. C. Z. 1,922. Cuba: Havana, University 

 grounds, 1913. V. J. Rodriguez. 



Head short and rather high; snout obtusely rounded, rather short, as long 

 as distance of eye to ear opening; ear opening broadly oval; forehead slightly 

 concave; limbs and body rather short and stout; digits slender, compressed 

 at the base, the scales under the basal joint enlarged; upper parts all covered 

 with minute even granules, those on the snout somewhat enlarged; rostral 

 roughly a pentagon, almost twice as broad as high, with a long median crest 

 above; nostril between the rostral and three or four small surrounding scales; 

 labials posteriorly ill defined, about five or six upper labials distinctly enlarged 

 and four or five lower; mental large, followed by two or three slightly enlarged 

 chin-shields, followed by other scales which pass almost immediately into the 

 granules of the throat; scales of abdomen, rather large, flat, rounded, and 

 strongly imbricating; tail cylindrical, tapering, covered above with small, 

 round, imbricating scales, those below larger with a median series distmctly 

 expanded. 



Colour (in hfe) : — Adult male. Iris neutral gray; head ochraceous yellow, 

 turning to orange-red below; neck same colour as head, with a narrow dark 



