BARBOUR AND NOBLE: LIZARDS OF THE GENUS AMEIVA. 451 



Ameiva pluvianotata Garman. 



Description:— Adult male; Type M. C. Z. 6086; Plymouth, 

 Montserrat, B. W. I.; 1879; S. Garman. 



Rostral forming about a right angle behind; nostril in the posterior 

 border of anterior nasal; anterior pair of nasals just in contact behind 

 rostral; frontonasal longer than wide in contact with the loreal; 

 frontal in contact with the first, second, and third supraoculars; a 

 pair of frontoparietals separated from the third and fourth supraoculars 

 by one to four rows of granules; occipitals irregular, median largest, 

 a group of five or six scales on each side of it, the outermost somewhat 

 larger than the others ; eight supraciliaries, last four small ; four supra- 

 oculars, the first separated from the loreal; three posterior supra- 

 oculars separated from the supraciliaries by a single row of granules; 

 last supraocular separated from the outer occipitals by four rows of 

 granules; six and seven supralabials; six infralabials; between infra- 

 labials and chin-shields a wedge of one or two rows of granules extend- 

 ing anteriorly to the first chin-shields; chin and throat covered with 

 minute granules, an indistinct band of larger ones extending across 

 the middle, the median ones largest, two other groups on either side 

 not quite as large as these; on the area between the two throat folds 

 a transverse series of enlarged scales, the median row much larger 

 than the others ; under side of the body with fourteen longitudinal and 

 • thirty-six transverse rows of plates ; preanal plates, consisting of three 

 median scales, the posterior largest and followed by two granules, 

 also a transverse series decreasing in size from the median pair; on 

 the lower arm three rows of scales, the outer very broad and low; 

 on the upper arm three or four rows of small brachials, medials largest, 

 others grading into the granules of the arm ; on the posterior side near 

 the elbow joint a small group of slightly enlarged postbrachials ; under 

 side of thigh covered distally with five, proximally with ten or twelve 

 rows of scales, outer row slightly larger than the others; thirty -one 

 and thirty-three femoral pores; on the under side of the tibia five rows 

 of scales, outermost much larger than the others; upper side of the 

 wrist with a regular series of transverse plates covering the outer 

 margin only; outer toe extending about as far as the inner; tail 

 covered with straight keeled scales; about thirty-nine scales in the 

 fifteenth ring from the base. 



Coloration: — Ground tone of dorsal surface dirt-brown, grayer 

 posteriorly; upper surface of thighs, sides of tail very slightly spotted 

 with blue-gray; ventral surface straw-color, smoky on the throat, 

 chest and upper abdomen; the straw-color carried up as a few odd spots 

 on the sides of the head and thighs. 



