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side; head ovale, triangular; head-shields large, angular smooth; 

 forehead concave ; scales of the back polygonal, flat, smooth, not 

 imbricate, with small scattered tubercles, of the bellj imbricate, 

 smooth. 



Inhab. Cuba. Mus. Paris. 



28. Draconura, Wagler. 



Head quadrangular. Head-shields small, subequal, keeled. 

 Throat with an extensile pouch. Muzzle short. Palate toothed. 

 Femoral pores none. Toes elongate, the last joint but one slight- 

 ly dilated, lamellar beneath. Scales of the middle of the back 

 larger than those on the sides, of the belly imbricate, keeled. Tail 

 round, very long, slender. Back and nape not crested. 



* Back icith 2 rows of larger scales. 



The Shining Draconure. Draconura nitens, Wagler, Sj/st. 

 149. Gray, Ann. N. H. V. 114. AnoMs le^viigens, Schlegel, Mus. 

 Leyd. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 91. 



Back with only 2 rows of larger scales ; muzzle mth small ob- 

 long strongly keeled scales. 



Inhab. Surinam. Mus. Levden. 



** Back with 4 or 5 rows of larger scales. 



The Golden Draconure. Draconura chrysolepis. Anolis 

 chrysolepis, Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 94. Draconura Nitzchii, 

 Weigm. Herp. Mex. 16? 



Back with 4 or 5 series of larger scales ; muzzle with hexago- 

 nal oblong equal 3-keeled scales ; ears very small ; green, with a 

 vertebral series of black dots ; sides with a brown streak. 



a. In spirits. W. Indies. Presented by T, Bell, Esq. 



29. Norops, Wagler. 



Throat with a small crested pouch. Palate toothed. Femo- 

 ral pores none. Toes slender, fourth longer than the third, not 

 dilated, with a series of keeled rhomboidal scales on each side, 

 and of smooth imbricate plates beneath. Scales of the body keel- 

 ed, imbricate, of the sides much smaller, of the belly keeled, im- 

 bricate. Back and tail not crested. Tail moderate, not prehensile. 



The Golden Norops. Norops auratus, Wagler, Si/st. 149. 

 Weigm. H. M. 16. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 82, t. 37, f 2. Anolis 

 auratus, Daud. Kept. iv. 89. 



Head-shields oblong, many-keeled; golden fulvous brown 

 sometimes pale-banded. 



Inhab. Guiana, Surinam. Mus. Paris. 



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