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barely in contact with the supraorbital semicircles; no conspicuoulsy 

 enlarged preoccipital; supraocular disk composed of six large, smooth, 

 polygonal scales, separated from the semicircle by a row of scales 

 reduced in size but not granular; one or two fairly large shields bor- 

 dering the inner anterior edge of the superciliary, and separated 

 from the supraocular disk by small scales; the scales in front of the 

 supraocular disk all small but not granular; true granular scales 

 behind the supraocular disk; can thus rostralis only moderately 

 developed, the four enlarged scales that distinguish it distinctly 

 keeled, projecting only slightly over the loreal region; superciliary 

 ridge completely 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 differentiated tubercular scales, the 



Figure 52. — Anolis distichus caudalis: a, Top of head; b, side of head; c, middorsal scales; 

 d, side of tail. U.S.N.M. No. 76801, type, from En Cafe, Gonave Island. Three times 

 natural size. 



anterior of which are separated from the supraocular disk by three 

 or four rows of granules; loreal rows four; subocular semicircle keeled, 

 broadly in contact with the upper labials; supralabials eight, the sixth 

 directly below the center of the eye, the last two very small; temporal 

 granules somewhat smaller than the median dorsals, with a double 

 series of small scales forming the supratemporal line; back and sides 

 covered with granules, the dorsals a little larger and flatter, the laterals 

 smaller and more tubercular; median dorsals only slightly larger than 

 the rest of the dorsal granules; ventrals small, smooth, scarcely 

 imbricate posteriorly, hexagonal, longer than broad; throat covered 

 with small flat granules; forelegs covered with small smooth granules, 

 about three series on the anterior face of the lower arm being greatly 

 enlarged, more than twice as large as the largest ventrals; anterior 

 scales of femur and tibia smooth, similarly enlarged, gradually dimin- 

 ishing posteriorly and below; scales covering hands and feet above per- 

 fectly smooth; digital expansion wide, about 19 lamellae under second 

 and third phalanges of fourth toe, about 31 under the whole toe; tail 



