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in size toward the femoral pores; 14 femoral pores; under side of tibia 

 with three rows of plates, of which two in the outer row are consider- 

 ably enlarged; upper side of hand with five regular series of transverse 

 plates corresponding to the metacarpals; fifth (outer) toe extending 

 a little farther than the first (inner) ; 36 subdigital lamellae on the 

 fourth toe; tail covered with diagonal scales set in transverse rows, 

 the dorsal ones keeled, the ventral ones smooth, 28 scales in the 

 fifteenth verticil from the base. 



Figure 75. — Ameiva taeniura: a, Top of head; b, side of head; c, forearm showing ante- 

 brachials; d, anal region; e, dorsal granules;/, chin and chest. U.S.N.M. No. 59240, from 

 Jeremie, Haiti. Twice natural size. 



Dimensions: Head and body, 77 mm.; head to posterior border of 

 ear, 20 mm.; tail, 188 mm.; fore limb, 28 mm.; hind limb, 51 mm. 



Color (in alcohol) : Body color light indigo above, fading to immac- 

 ulate pea green on the head; a wide black lateral stripe running from 

 behind the eye over the ear, along the body and onto the tail, with a 

 narrow white line bordering it above and below; another much 

 narrower black stripe above and parallel to this wide lateral stripe and 

 another very indistinct narrow dark stripe below it that becomes very 

 evident on the tail; posterior part of back with traces of another pair 



