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on the upper arm three rows of brachials somewhat larger but grading 

 into the granules of the arm; on the outer side near the elbow a group 

 of postbrachials poorly differentiated from the granules of the arm; 

 under side of thfe thighs covered with seven or eight series of plates 

 in the mid-region, the outer series considerably larger than the others; 

 nineteen femoral pores; on the under side of the tibia three rows of 

 plates, the second and third scale of the outer row considerably en- 

 larged; upper side of the wrist granular; outer toe extending a little 

 further than the inner; tail covered with straight scales with keels; 

 about forty-two scales in the fifteenth ring from the base. 



Coloration: — General tonality dark olive-gray ; six narrow whitish 

 stripes and part of a seventh, running the length of the back; the space 

 between the two innermost stripes the lightest, and that between the 

 two outermost on each side the darkest — -almost black; beneath 

 the lowest stripe on the flanks a series of pale bluish spots arranged 

 somewhat in longitudinal rows; ventral surface straw-color washed 

 laterally with light blue-gray. 



Variation: — The female and young are similar to the adult male 

 except that their colors are brighter and the pattern is more distinct. 



Remarks: — The description was made of an adult male that 

 measured one hundred and eighteen millimeters from snout to vent. 



Habitat: — Widely distributed throughout San Domingo and Haiti, 

 but peculiar to the island. 



Lisl of s-pecimens examined. 



Ameiva maynardi Garman. 



Description:— Adult male; Type M. C. Z. 6225. Great Inagua, 

 Bahamas; 1888; C. J. Maynard. 



Rostral forming about a right angle behind; nostril on posterior 

 part of anterior nasal; anterior pair of nasals broadly in contact; 

 frontonasal wider than long in contact with the loreal; prefrontals 

 broadly in contact; frontal in contact with the first three supraoculars; 

 a pair of frontoparietals in contact with the third and fourth supra- 

 oculars; five large occipitals in a transverse row, the median slightly 

 the largest; seven supraciliaries ; four supraoculars the first in contact 



