1885.J £ i 1 LCope. 



CONOLOPHUS Fitzinger. 



Systema Eeptilium, 1843, p. 55. Boulenger, Catal. Lizards, Brit. Mus., 

 1885, ii, p. 1S6. Amblyrhynchus pars Dum. Bibr., iv, p. 197. Trachycepha- 

 lus Gray, Catal. Liz. Brit. Mus., 1845, p. 188. 



M. Boulenger (Catalogue Lizards Brit. Museum, 1885) first pointed out 

 the characters which distinguish this genus from Brachylophus. 

 Conolophus subcristatus Gray. Amblyrhynchus subcristatus Gray, 

 Zool. Misc., p. 6, 1831. Zoology Beechy's Voyage Rept., p. 93, 1839. 

 Amblyrhynchus demarlii Dum. Bibr., Erp. Gen., iv, p. 197, 1837 ; Bell 

 Zool. Beagle, iii, p. 22, 1843, pi. ii. Conolophus demarlii Fitz., Syst. 

 Rept. Conolophus subcristatus Steindachner, Festschr. K. K. Zool. 

 Bot. Gess. "Wien ; Die Schl. u. Eid. d. Galapagos Ins. 22, 1876, tab. 

 iv, v, figs. 6-9 ; vi, figs. 4-6 ; vii, 5-8. Trachyphalus subcristatus Gray, 

 Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 1845, p. 188. 

 Galapagos Ids. 



AMBLYRHYNCHUS Bell. 



Zoological Journal, London, 1825, p. 195. Dum. Bibr., Erp. Gen., iv, 

 204 pars. Oreocephalus Gray, Catal. Liz., Brit. Mus., 1845, p. 189. 



Steindachner states that the Arnblyrhynchus cristatus possesses no gular 

 cross-fold. I know of no other ground for separating it generic-ally from 

 the Conolophus subcristatus. 



Amblyrhynctius cristatus Bell, loc cit. Tab. xii. Do. Voyage of the 

 Beagle, iii, p. 23. Steindnachner Festschrift der K. K. Zoolog. Botan. 

 Gess., "Wien, 1876 ; Die Schlangen u. Eidechsen der Galapagos Ins., 

 p. 16, tab. iii, v, vi, figs. 1-4. Hypsilophus cristatus Fitzinger. Ambly- 

 rhynchus ater Gray. Synops. Rept. Griff. Anim. Kingdom, ix, p. 37. 

 Dum. Bibr., Erp. Gen., iv, p. 196. Oreocephalus cristatus Gray. Catal. 

 Brit. Mus., 189. 

 Galapagos Ids. 



Thirteenth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America. By E. D. 



Cope. 



{Read before the American Philosophical Society, Nov. SO, 18S5.) 



I. Nicaragua, Bransford. 



Dr. J. F. Bransford, U. S. N., has sent from time to time collections 

 from Central America to our scientific institutions, which have thrown 

 much light on the zoology of the regions he has visited. In 1874, I had 

 the privilege of publishing a report on a collection obtained by him in 

 Nicaragua* ; and later (1875) I published an accountf of a collection sent 



* Proceedings Academy Philada., 1S74, p. 64. 

 t Journal Academy Philada., Ib75, p. 155. 



