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enlarged on the snout; scales of back large, keeled, tectiform, imbri- 

 cating, about eight equaling the distance from tip of snout to center 

 of eye, not perfectly uniform in size and shape, the large ones not 

 extending forward beyond the shoulders; no middorsal granular zone; 

 mental large, followed by two enlarged postmen tals; scales of gular 

 region very small, smooth, imbricate; scales below the posterior infra- 

 labials and on posterior malar region larger, faintly keeled, juxtaposed; 



Figure 38. — Sphaerodactylus samanensis: a, Top of head; b, chin; c, side of head; d, middorsal 

 region; e, dorsal view showing color pattern. U.S.N.M. No. 74970, type, from Boca del 

 Infierno, Dominican Republic, a-d, X 5; ^, X l^/z. 



scales of chest and belly smooth, rounded, slightly smaller than dor- 

 sals, about nine ventrals to the standard distance; scales of limbs 

 enlarged, keeled and imbricate above, smooth below, very small pos- 

 teriorly; 13 smooth lamellae under the fourth toe; scales of tail large, 

 faintly keeled, imbricating, very irregular in size and shape above, 

 without definite whorls but enlarged into smooth transverse and fairly 

 regular plates below. 



