480 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM " vol. loi 



Genus ANOLIS Daudin 



ANOLIS LIOGASTER Boulenger 



Anolis Uogaster Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 2, p. 245, pi. 6, fig. 

 2, 1905. 



U.S.N.M. Nos. 477748 female, 47749 male, 47750 female, 47751 male, 

 47752 female, from Omilteme, Guerrero, all collected by Nelson and 

 Goldman. 



These specimens are of some interest as they include the only 

 males reported since the single male included in Boulenger's type 

 description. Boulenger states: "The male is remarkable in the ab- 

 sence of the inner digit on the four limbs." His specimen may be 

 regarded as an anomaly, as the two males collected by Nelson and 

 Goldman have the normal quota of five digits on each extremity. 



The supraorbital semicircles may touch or be separated by a median 

 row of scales. Supraoculars are three in nmnber but occasional 

 smaller scales may split off from any of the three plates. 



ANOLIS PETERSU Bocourt 



Anolis petersii Bocoubt, Mission scientifique au Mexique. Etudes sur les reptiles, 

 livr. 2, pp. 79, 80, pi. 13, fig. 2 ; pi. 15, figs. 11, 11a, 1873. 



U.S.N.M. No. 12244, three specimens, from Mirador, collected by 

 Dr. Sartorius. 



ANOLIS SERICEUS Hallowell 



Anolis sericeus Hallowell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 8, pp. 227- 

 228, 1856. 



U.S.N.M. Nos. 123703 female, and 123704 male, from Cacalotepec, 

 Oaxaca, collected by W. S. Miller; U.S.N.M. No. 47391, from San 

 Miguel Albarradas, Oaxaca, collected by Nelson and Goldman. 



Miller states that the male was light tan above with white arrowlike 

 markings, edged in dark brown with apices pointed toward the tail. 

 These are lateral in distribution. He says of the dewlap: "A disten- 

 sible bladelike skin pouch. As the lizard sat sunning itself it would 

 recurrently distend this fan. The effect was startling. The sun shin- 

 ing through the distended thin skin made even more marked the con- 

 trast between the reddish salmon color of the throat sack and the 

 over-all color of the animal." There is a purplish spot on the posterior 

 portion of the dewlap, as is characteristic of the species. 



Miller says that the female in life had a light magenta line on a dark 

 brown ground color. 



