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supraorbital semicircles closely in contact; occipital slightly larger 

 than ear opening, roughly circular in shape, with a smaller but equally 

 noticeable preoccipital in contact with the supraorbital semicircles and 

 completely filling the area between them and the occipital; the ex- 

 treme outer points of the occipital nearly completely separated from 

 the supraorbital semicircles by a small scale on each side; supraocular 

 disk composed of nine or ten smooth polygonal scales of very unequal 

 size, separated from the supraorbital semicircles by two to three rows 

 of granular scales anteriorly, and by four rows posteriorly; two medium- 

 sized scales bordering the inner anterior edge of the second superciliary 



Figure 49. — Anolis distichus juliae: a, Top of head; b, side of head; c, middorsal scales; 

 d, side of tail. M.C.Z. No. 37517, type, from lie a Vache, Haiti. Three times natural 

 size. 



and surrounded by the supraocular granules ; can thus rostralis rather 

 strongly developed, the posterior two of the four enlarged scales which 

 distinguish it having a comparatively heavy median ridge which pro- 

 jects over the loreal region; superciliary ridge continuous with the 

 scales of the canthus rostralis, composed of one very elongate and 

 sharply keeled scale followed by a double series of small but differ- 

 entiated scales, the anterior of which is separated from the supraocular 

 disk by four or five rows of granules; scales of the subocular semicircle 

 keeled, narrowly in contact with the upper labials ; supralabials about 

 ten, the last four very small, the seventh coming below the center of 

 the eye; temporal granules slightly smaller than the dorsals, with a 

 rather poorly-marked double series of small scales forming the supra- 

 temporal line; back and sides covered with granules, the dorsals about 

 the same size and structure as the laterals; no enlarged series of 

 median dorsal scales; ventrals small, smooth, imbricate, quite irregular 

 in shape but often approximately square, only the most anterior being 

 broader than long; throat covered with small, flat granules; skin of 

 leg granular, with about five series of enlarged scales on the anterior 



