TEIID LIZARDS OF THE GENUS CNEMIDOPHOUUS 



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there are iisiiallv S oi- 1) stri])es on the body in the a«hilt female, but 

 onlv 4 ()!• T) median, persist ino- .stri[)es in the nude. The hitter, in 

 addition, has llie flanks spotted with white or blue areas. At times 

 the h)\ver stripes of the feniale also becomes faint, and the male 

 may lose even the dorsal line. (For an illustration ol" the colora- 

 tional difference discussed here see fi<i-. 7). The preanal spurs are well 

 developed in lar<>e males, but are usually either vestif^ial or poorly- 

 developed ill females and youni:". 



RaiKjc. — J he blue race iMinner occurs from northern Brazil and 

 Colombia north to (iuateu\ala. It is found on Tobajjo and Trini(huK 

 as Avell as on Old Pro\idence and other recently isolated coastal 

 islands. 



I'liiruK T.-'-("-vi:.\riii(irii<ii;cs i.r.MXisc.vTrs LE.M.visfATrs. Cdi.nu patticux. Ahii.t male, 

 U.S.N.M. No. Tl'yl'.) (Ui'i-KKi. ADur.T femald:, U.S.X.M. Xu. 4:;.")L' h.ciweui. X(pti-; the 



SEXIAL DIMORPHISM 



The available records are <j.i\('n below in an al[)habetical list by 

 countries. All island I'ecoi-ds ai'e iii\('u under the headinoj "Islands." 



BKAZIL. — {lieleni, foi-iix ihj Parn^ Boulenocr. 1885, p. 3(j-t, 

 M.C.Z.; Chhlox^ M.C.Z.; Cxrulnj^ A.M.N.H.; Lhimn, A.M.X.H.; 

 From, the Maianori and the AmazondH at Santarem, Cope, ls7('>. \). 

 1C4; Santarem, Boulenger, 1885, p. 864, M.C.Z., A.M.N.H., (\A.S., 

 Mich., Carnegie; T almapu7ita, A.M.N.H.; Villa Bella, IM.C.Z.) 



COlX)MVA X.— {Aracataca, Ruthven. V.)'l'l. p. C.l : Anoi/o de Are- 

 na.s neai' liiohacha liutheen, 1922, \). Gl, Mich.; Btalillo, Knthven, 

 1922, p. 61, Mich.; BaranquUlo, M.C.Z., Mich.; Bogota, Cope, 1899, 

 p. 9, A.^NI.X.H. ; Calomar near the mouth of the Rio Magdalena, 

 Steindachner. 1902, p. 101; Cartagena, Cope, 1862, [). :556, U.S.N.M., 



