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referred to. The femoral pores of polops are 19 or 20 in the type, 

 but a taeniura from L'Atalaye (U.S.N.M. No. 76654) approaches it 

 by having as many as 17 and 18 pores. The tail scales of polops are 

 large, 24 around the fifteenth verticil; this number is duplicated in a 

 taeniura from Miragoane (U.S.N.M. No. 77071). Were it not for the 

 two equally heavy stripes on each side of the body in polops, where 

 taeniura has but one heavy stripe and several narrower ones, it would 

 be extremely difficult to make a valid separation on the material at 

 hand. 



Table 50. — Specimens of Ameiva taeniura examined 



