204 EEPTILES. 



The Beautiful Anolis. Anolius pulchellus, Dum. et Bib. 

 E. G. iv. 97. 



Fulvous ; side of head, sides and lower part of body and limbs 

 yellowish white; head long, pyramidical, quadrangular, rather 

 depressed, with 2 longitudinal ridges in front ; tail compressed, 

 sharp-edged and feebly toothed above; back and nape not crested; 

 scales of the back tubercular, thick, as if keeled, of the sides small 

 (half the size), subovate, smooth, imbricate, of the belly rounded, 

 rhombic, slightly keeled (of the tail forming continued ridges). 



Inhab. Martinique. Mus. Paris, 3 specimens. 



The Vermiculated Anolis. Anolius vermiculatus. Cod. in 

 Sagra, Cuba, Rept. 140, t. 8. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 128. 



Head long, pyramidical, 4-sided, rather concave above, with 2 

 feeble ridges in front, and swollen above at the end ; scales of the 

 head many-sided, keeled, the supraorbital series separated by 1 or 

 2 series of scales ; scales of the eyebrows small, keeled, of the back 

 and sides in tubercular grains, equal, of the belly imbricate, sub- 

 ovate, keeled ; ears large, with 2 rows of 4-sided plates under the 

 chin ; nape with a large fold ; tail compressed, feebly dentated 

 above ; fulvous brown, vermiculated with brown. 



Inhab. Cuba. Mus. Paris, 2 specimens. 



b. Ventral scales keeled., square. Tail rather compressed^ slightly 



crested. 



The Slender-toed Anolis. Anolius stenodactylus, Gray^ 

 Ann. N. H. v. 114. 



Scales of the middle of the back small, elongated, keeled, of 

 the sides granular; nape slightly double-ridged; muzzle depress- 

 ed, slightly few-keeled; head-shields irregular; toes very slender; 

 bluish, beneath whitish ; tail rather compressed, with a low crest 

 of compressed scales. 



a. In spirits. Jamaica. Presented by J. E. Winterbottom, Esq. 



c. Ventral scales smooth, subovate. Tail rather compressed, 



slightly crested. 



The Netted Anolis. Anolius reticulatus. Gray, Ann. N. H. 

 V. 114. 



Scales of the middle of the back small, angular, keeled, of the 

 sides granular ; nape slightly 2-crested ; ventral shields subovate ; 

 muzzle depressed, slightly 4-keeled ; head-shields smooth ; blue, 

 black-spotted and varied ; throat brown-lined. 



a. In spirits. Tropical America. 



