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ated tubercular scales, the anterior of which are separated from the 

 supraocular disk by four or five rows of granules; loreal rows four; 

 scales of the subocular semicircle keeled, almost completely separated 

 from the upper labials by a nearly continuous row of small scales; 

 supralabials eight or nine, the last very small and indistinct, the 

 suture between the seventh and eighth coming distinctly below the 

 center of the eye; temporal granules scarcely smaller than the dorsals, 

 with a double series of well-marked, small, rectangular scales forming 

 the supratemporal line; back and sides covered with granules, the 

 dorsals and laterals tubercular, about equal in size; a mid-dorsal area 

 of very slightly enlarged scales; ventrals small, smooth, highly imbri- 

 cate, hexagonal, then* w^idth and length approximately the same; 

 throat covered with small fiat granules; forelegs covered with small 

 smooth granules, about four series on the anterior face of the lower arm 

 being considerably enlarged, somewhat larger than the largest ven- 

 trals; anterior scales of femur and tibia smooth, similarly enlarged, 

 gradually diminishing posteriorly and below; scales covering hands 

 and feet above enlarged, perfectly smooth; digital expansion moderate, 

 about 16 lamellae under second and third phalanges of fourth toe, 

 about 27 under the whole toe; tail moderate, slightly compressed, 

 with well-marked verticils, every ninth vertical row being somewhat 

 enlarged, the intervening rows consistmg of polygonal, nearly smooth 

 scales arranged in about 8 irregular horizontal series, the whole sur- 

 mounted by a strongly serrated edge of 5 spmes, the first two small and 

 inconspicuous, the third and fourth enlarged and pointing diagonally 

 upwards, the fifth equally large but recurved and pointing nearly 

 directly backwards; skin of gular fan naked, closely set with rows of 

 relatively large, flat, semicircular scales which are twice as large as 

 any of the ventrals; edge of fan apparently not thickened posteriorly; 

 post-anal scales well developed; no apparent nuchal fold. 



"Dimensions. — Head and body, 38 mm.; tail (fragmented), 62 mm.; 

 snout to posterior ear, 12 mm.; snout to center of eye, 7 mm.; width 

 of head, 9 mm.; foreleg, 18 mm.; hind leg, 28 mm. 



"Color (in alcohol). — Above olive-gray, lightening on the head, 

 limbs and tail to pearl gray; faint bars of olive-gray across the limbs; a 

 transverse row of four small round black spots at the posterior border 

 of the occipital plate; a faint gray interorbital cross-bar; under surfaces 

 pale olive-gray; scale and skin of gular fan olive buff, with a very fine 

 powdering of gray dots which extends over the ventral scales and the 

 tail." 



Relationships. — This form is close to the true Anolis distichus 

 dominicensis found on the mainland of Hispaniola. It differs from 

 the latter in having four small round black spots in a transverse row 

 just behind the occipital plate; in having slightly smaller scales on 

 the sides of the tail and a more pronounced scalloping of the crest, 



