LIZARDS. 201 



c. Tail compressed,, slightly serrated above. Ventral scales small, 



squarish. 



The Alligator Anolis. Anolius Cepedii, Merrem, Tent. 44. 

 Lacerta bimaculata, var. Shatc, Zool. iii. 223, (not Sparrm.) Se- 

 ba, i. 139, t. 87, /. 4—6. Latr. R. i. 273. Daud. Rept. iv. 55. 

 Ig. roquet, Brongn. Class. R. 32, ^ 1, /. 3. La Roquet, Lacep. 

 Q. O. i. 397, t. 27. A. Alligator, Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 135. 

 Gray, Anii. N. H. v. 112. A. similis. Gray, Ann. N. H. v. 112. 



Olive ; head rather elongate, depressed, broad and rounded in 

 front ; head-shields flat, with 2 series of larger close transverse 

 convex shields in front ; throat-pouch large ; ears moderate ; nape 

 back and tail with a small plait, furnished with a double row of 

 rather larger scales ; scales of the back small, many-sided, flat, 

 granular, not imbricate, of the sides smaller, of the belly larger, 

 smooth, imbricate ; tail compressed, sharp-edged above. 



a. In spirits. Pale bluish, with scattered white spots ; limbs and 



toes elongate. America. 

 A. Alligator, Gray. 



b. In spirits. Olive, black-dotted ; limbs and toes rather shorter 



and stouter. W. Indies ? 

 A. similis, Gray. 



c—f. In spirits, like a and b. West Indies. From Mr. Scriven- 

 er's collection. 



g, h. Young, in spirits. Toes very narrow, back scarcely crested. 

 West Indies. From Mr, Scrivener's collection. 



The Marbled Anolis. Anolius marmoratus, Dum. et Bib. 

 E. G. iv. 139, (not Gray). 



Head pyramidical, moderately elongated, rather depressed ; 

 muzzle rather truncated, rounded ; frontal cavity rather rhomboi- 

 dal ; interparietal plate dilated ; the eyebrows with a disk of 8 or 

 10 angular slightly keeled plates; the throat-pouch and ears large; 

 nape and back with a fold, edged with a double row of rather lar- 

 ger scales ; scales of the back and sides small, rhombic, convex, 

 not imbricate, of the belly larger, imbricate, smooth ; tail com- 

 pressed, sharp-edged and unequally serrated above ; blue, head 

 and neck brown, paler marbled, with a black spot on the armpit. 



Inhab Martinique. Mus. Paris. Perhaps the short-headed 

 variety of the former. 



B. Crest only on the nape or tvanting. 

 a. Venti'al scales ovate, keeled. 



* Tail roundish, with only a slight central keel above. 



The Ridge- NOSED Anolis. Anolius porcatus. Gray, Ann. N. 

 H. V. 112. 



