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bordered on their outer side by a series of broad, dark brown spots 

 which tend to become confluent; the same two outer pale stripes are 

 bordered on their inner side by a poorly defined and much lighter 

 series of similar dark spots; flanks, sides of head, sides and upper 

 surfaces of the tail and appendages covered with a network of irregular 

 brown patches; ventral surface straw-color; traces of the same color 

 on the head-shields. 



Variation: — Females differ but little from the males. A specimen 

 (M. C. Z. 7277) for example is slightly more bluish in tonality than the 

 male described. On each side there is another pale stripe, more 

 bluish in color, added to the three dorsal ones, and extending along 

 the sides of the tail. The under surfaces of the body are light blue- 

 green except for the appendages which are suffused with straw-color. 



Young specimens often vary considerably from the adult. A 

 specimen (M. C. Z. 6920) has on each flank two black bands edged 

 with white while a narrow white line runs the length of the back in 

 the median region. These lines are all very clear cut. The under 

 side of the chin and throat varies from smoky to blackish, while traces 

 of the same color extend down over the abdomen. 



Remarks: — The description was made of a full grown male that 

 measured seventy-seven millimeters from snout to vent. 



Habitat: — Widely distributed throughout the whole of Cuba and 

 the adjacent Isla de Pinos, but not very abundantly. 



List of specimens examined. 



No. of 

 M.C.Z. speci- 

 No. mens Ages Sexes Locality Date Collector Remarks 



6920 3 all o^ Santiago, Cuba 1904 W. Robinson Descrip. of 



im. 



7277 2 ad. both Camaguey, Puerto 1908 T. Barbour Descrip. of 



Principe, Cuba ' cT & 9 



4388 1 " 9 Bahia Honda, Cuba 1879 S. Garman 



7937 1 im. 9 Cojimar, Havana, 1912 T. Barbour 



Cuba 



7938 1 " 9 San Diego de los 1912 T. Barbour 



Bafios, Cuba 

 10823 1 ad. 9 Guane, Cuba 1915 T. Barbour and 



W. S. Brooks 

 10919- 



10923 5 all both Nueva Gerona, Isla T. Barbour and 



de Pinos W. S. Brooks 



ad. cf Cabo San Antonio, C. de la Torre 



Cuba 



