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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



froutals by cue and froui the superciliaries by two series of scales. 

 Six internasals, five prefroutals, two froutals, and on each side posteri- 

 orly one frontoparietal and two parietals. Interparietal large; broad 

 as long. Three longitudinal rows of superior labials; one triangular 

 loreal. Temporals small, keeled; two very large auriculars. Two 

 series of iufralabials, the inferior ones short, transverse. Fifteen fem- 

 oral i^ores. A short deep sinus on the side of the neck descending 

 forward. The heel extends to a little beyond the elbow and the fingers 

 to the groin. 



Measurements. — Total length, 177 mm. ; length to vent, 89 mm. ; length 

 to iwsterior border of meatus auditorius, 15.5 mm. ; width of head at 

 border of meatus auditorius, 14 mm.; width of head at nostril, 2^ mm.; 



Fig. 49. 



SCELOPORUS JARROVII (,'OPE. 

 X 2. 



Arizona. 



Cat. No. 8611, U.S.N. M. 



width of frontal bone, 3^ mm.; length of hind limb, 51| mm.: length 

 of hind foot, 21i mm.; length of fore limb, 39 mm.; length of fore foot, 

 14 mm. 



The ground color above is a bluish black, which becomes more dis- 

 tinctly blue on the limbs and sides, extending in a patch over the 

 gular region and along the sides of the abdomen. The chin, middle of 

 abdomen, and tail on median line below, shade from a bluish green in 

 front to a yellow on the last region. 



Each scale of the upper surface of the body is marked by a light 

 spot, which was some brilliant shade, probably yellow, during life. 

 Behind the interscapular region and on the tail they are light blue; top 

 of head and neck bluish black, the latter inclosed in a rectangular area, 



