134 THE HERPETOLOGY OF CUBA. 



the insertion of the fore hmb and extending for about one third the length of 

 the side is a fairly permanent feature. Dewlap yellow in Ufe, sometimes chang- 

 ing to pinkish in alcohol. 



Dimensions: — Total length 444 mm. 



Tip of snout to vent 141 mm. 



Vent to tip of taU 303 mm. 

 Width of head 21 mm. 



Fore leg 57 mm.  



Hind leg 94 mm. 



The adults of this species do not vary much inter se. A most astonishing 

 series of changes in form takes place, however, during the growth of the indi- 

 vidual. The half-grown and young, owing to their usually appearing in the 

 vivid green dress and apparently remaining in the tree-tops all the time, are 

 extremely difficult to find; especially since the species is far from abundant 

 in the most favorable localities. We have in the M. C. Z. three choice immature 

 examples, one from Santiago (Wirt Robinson coll.), one from San Diego de los 

 Banos (Barbour coll.) and one from the woods at Rio Seco near San Carlos, 

 Guantanamo (Ramsden coll.). All of these are smaller than any recorded and 

 the example last mentioned is very young, the umbificus being but incom- 

 pletely closed. This specimen measures but 40 mm. from snout to vent, while 

 the tail is 96 mm. long. The other two examples are about twice this size, 

 but one has a pattern of colouration similar to that which we shall describe, 

 while the other was uniform green. This specimen is brilliant green with four 

 white bands crossing the body, their ends on each side being joined by a white 

 lateral fine. There is a white stripe along the upper Up and the dewlap in Ufe 

 was olive-green. On the surface of the head all the scales are quite flat and 

 smooth, but nevertheless their arrangement and distribution is in perfect con- 

 formity with the condition seen in the adults, and there can be no doubt as to 

 all our specimens being conspecific. The capture of these specimens also makes 

 it quite certain that we were not faiUng to recognize the young of the species 

 and were calUng it by another name, as has been thought possible. This species 

 attains the largest size of any member of the genus, reaching a length of about 

 50 cm. 



Like the other giant Anoles of Jamaica, Haiti, and Porto Rico, the adults 

 of the Cuban form though far from common may still be quite easily found by 

 searching in orchards, especially of mango trees and in groves of pahns. The 

 yoimg probably remain hidden in the dense foUage of the tree-tops to escape 



