184 REPTILES. 



The Brazilian Chameleon. Sphaerops auomalus. Poly- 

 chrus anomalus, Weigmann^ Herp. Mex. 26. Dum. et Bib. E. G. 

 iv. 69. 



Pale green, with 3 spots on each side of the back, and 2 nar- 

 row black streaks from the back edge of the eyes, the upper one 

 extending along the side of the nape. 



a, h. In spirits. Brazils. 



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b. Throat rounded, with a cross fold behind. The fourth toe 

 longest. Femoral pores none. 



3. Urotrophus, Dum. et Bib. 



Head 4-sided, shelving in front, covered with numerous nearly 

 regular small 6-sided shields, those of the forehead largest, in- 

 terparietal small. Upper part of the orbit surrounded with a 

 series of shields. Eyes rather convex, with rather small opening 

 for the eye. Nostril lateral, anterior round, small. Neck with 

 a cross plait before the chest. Throat rather swollen. Palate 

 toothed. Femoral pores none. Toes slender, the fourth longer 

 than the others, with flat scales beneath, and not fringed or 

 toothed on the sides. Claws sharp. Scales round, smooth, 

 svvollen, placed side by side, of the belly flat, square, subimbri- 

 cate. Tail subcylindrical, long, slender, tapering, bent under at 

 the tip, "prehensile" {Dum.), covered with squarish, keeled scales 

 above and below. 



Urotrophus Vautieri Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 78, t. 37,/. 1. 

 Muzzle short, blunt, covered with smooth irregular plates ; 

 fulvous or brown, brown-banded. 



rt, b. In spirits. Brazils. 



4. Ecphymotes, Fitz. (not Cuv.) Lasmanctus, part, Weigmann. 



Head 4-sided, covered with small shields. Crown horizontal 

 and sloping backwards. Neck with a cross fold in front of the 

 chest, no dewlap. Palate toothed. Back and tail not crested. 

 Body compressed. Scales small, convex, rather irregular, of the 

 middle of the back polygonal, keeled, larger. Limbs rather long. 

 Toes elongate, slender, the fourth longer than the third, with a 

 series of convex shields beneath. Femoral pores none. The tail 

 elongate, tapering, covered with keeled scales. 



* Tail round. 



Fitzinger's Ecphymotes. Ecphymotes Fitzingerii. Lee- 

 manetus Fitzingerii, Weigm. H. Mex. 46. Dum. et Bib. E. G. 

 iv. 74. 



