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tated above. Back and nape with a crest formed of a fold of skin 

 crowned with a series of short compressed scales. Chin and belly 

 with a crest formed of 2 series of very small scales, those of the 

 chin largest. Head large, occiput produced, rounder behind. 

 Jaws equal. Throat with an extensile pouch, toothed on its edge. 



The Cuban Cham^leolis. ChamEeleolis Fernandina, Coct. 

 in Sagra, Cuba, 145, t. 12. Anolis Chameleonides, Dum. et Bib. 

 E. G. iv. 168. 



Head ovate, triangular ; neck and back with a dentated fold 

 of skin ; yellowish, with darker bands ; throat-pouch notched. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Cuba. Presented by W. S. MacLeay, Esq. 



23. XiPHOsuRUs, Fit2., Grat/, Ann. N. H. 



The penultimate joint of the toes dilated. Tail with a fin-like 

 crest. Nostrils above the keel of the muzzle. The ventral shields 

 imbricate. Jaws equal. Muzzle rounded. Rostral plate erect. 



* Back and nape with a crest of 1 series of compressed scales. 



The Crested Anolis. Xiphosurus velifer. Gray, Ann. N. H. 

 V. 111. Anolis velifer, Cuv. R. A. t. 5, f I. Guerin, Icon. t. 

 12, f. 1. Bum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 164. A. Cuvieri, Merrem. Tent. 

 45. Le grand Anolis a crete, Cuv. R. A. ii. 45, t. 5,/. 1. 



Bluish, with a black spot on each side ; the head pyramidical, 

 equally 4-sided, forehead triangular, hispid, covered with 6-sided 

 tlattish plates ; throat- pouch very large ; nape and back with a 

 toothed crest; tail very much compressed, with a fin-like crest at 

 the basal half supported by bony rays ; scales of the upper parts 

 oval, keeled, of the belly similar, but imbricate, smooth and 

 convex. 



Inhabits ? Mus. Paris. 



Ricord's Anolis. Xiphosurus Ricordii, Gray, Ann. N. H. v. 

 111. Anolis Ricordii, Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 167. 



Blue, sides with 2 broad black streaks ; head equally 4-sided ; 

 forehead oval, triangular, with large hexangular swollen shields, 

 with a large lozenge-shaped concavity between the crown and oc- 

 ciput; back tented ; nape and back with a toothed crest; the tail 

 compressed, with a high crest supported by bony rays. 



Inhab. St. Domingo. ]Mus. Paris, 1 specimen. 



** Back simple. Nape ivith a very indistinct crest of 2 series 



of scales. 



The Smaller Crested Anolis. Xiphosurus cristatellus. 

 Anolis cristatellus, Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 143. A. porphyreus, 

 Oppel, Mus. Par. (female). Le petit Anolis a crete, Cuv. R. A. 

 ii. 49. 



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