130 THE HERPETOLOGY OF CUBA. 



tion of tubercles. It is a cmious and noteworthy fact that the young of this 

 species and of theCamaleon or Chipojo Verde {Anolis equestris) are very rarely 

 seen and a natm-alist may seciu-e many adults without seeing a single immature 

 example. This is certainly true with the Venus Lizard of Jamaica {Anolis 

 garmani) which has frequently been observed and collected by one of the authors 

 (Barbour). In so far as we are aware the young of the related species in Haiti 

 and Porto Rico (Anolis ricordii and A. cuvieri respectively) are entirely un- 

 known. 



23. Deiropttx vermiculatus (Dumeril & Bibron). 

 Plate 14, fig. 4. 



Caiman, (Guane and the Valley of Luis Lazo) ; Lajartija (elsewhere) . 



Diagnosis: — A pale gray, white barred, depressed Anolis-like lizard, 

 having a transverse fold across the throat in place of a dewlap. 



Description: — AdvUt M. C. Z. 10,847. Cuba: Pinar del Rio; Valley of 

 Luis Lazo, Banks of Rio Cuyaguateje, March, 1915. Thomas Barbour. 



Head long and depressed similar to but slightly wider than in Anolis por- 

 catus; top of head covered mth flat, rather uniform, small scales; frontal ridges 

 very weakly developed, barely discernible; supraocular semicircles with second 

 scale from anterior end very large, separated by two rows of flat scales; occi- 

 pital m a depression, small, scarcely one sixth as large as ear opening; supra- 

 ocular discs well defined, composed of about eight rather large and a few smaller 

 scales, separated from the semicircles by two rows of scales; canthus rostralis 

 not especially prominent composed of one large scale near the eye and then a 

 double row of very small scales extending to just below the nostril; a superciUary 

 ridge of two or three very long scales; loreal rows, about eight; subocular 

 semicircles represented by but about three scales in contact with the supra- 

 labials; eight supralabials, the seventh under the centre of eye; temporals 

 small, round and flat, uniform in size; no supratemporal line; dorsal scales 

 slightly larger than laterals, the two middorsal rows largest; ventrals larger, 

 squarish, in regular rows, sUghtly imbricate; scales of anterior aspect of fore 

 and hind Hmbs slightly enlarged, imbricate but not keeled; body rather elongate, 

 depressed; no nuchal nor dorsal fold; Umbs long, hind Umbs very long; the 

 adpressed hind limb reaches almost to the nostril; about thirty lamellae under 

 phalanges II and III of the fourth toe; tail rather long, round, with verticils 

 feebly indicated at about eleven scale mterv-als; postanal scales not enlarged; 

 a transverse gular fold. 



