HERPETOLOGY OP PORTO RICO. 681 



Lifil of ftpeeirnens of Amplii^ba'nd ca'ra examined — ('ontimu'd. 



U.S. 



N. M. 

 No. 



27004 

 27005 

 27006 

 27223 

 27319 

 27320 

 27321 

 27322 

 274.59 

 30907 



Looalitv. 



Mar. 7, 1900 

 Mar. 5, 1900 



do 



Apr. 10, 1900 



,1900 



,1900 



,1900 



, 1900 



■ , 1900 



Bavamon i .Tan. 14, 1S99 



LiKluillo ... 



do 



do 



Utuado .... 

 Bayainon . . 



do 



do 



do 



I'orto Rico . 



When col- 

 lected. 



By whom co 

 le.'ted. 



C. W. Richmond. 



do 



L. Stejneger 



do 



A. Stahl 



do 



do 



do 



Chas. E. Adams 

 Aug-. Bnsck 



AMPHISBiENA BAKERI," new species. 



Diagnosis. — Nasal.s foriiii»t>' a long- suture on the snout, more than 

 twice longer than portion of rostral visible from above, and about one- 

 half the prefrontal suture; four anal pores; two prefrontals; no tempo- 

 ral; 32-84 segments in a ring- on the middle of the body; 

 about 250 rings on the body; 6 anals; ocular forming 

 suture with second and third supralabials; 8 small scutes 

 (postgeneials) behind unpaired postmental. 



Type.—V. S. N. M., No. 25541; Lares, Porto Rico; 

 A. B. Baker, collector. 



Hahitat. — Porto Rico, West Indies. 



Description of typje spyecinien. — Adult; U. S. N. M., 

 No. 25541; Lares; January 26, 1899. Rostral small, 

 triangular, the portion visible from above short, nearl}^ 

 one-third the suture between the na.sals; prefrontals 

 long, the suture })etween them slightly longer than the 

 one between the f rontals and but slightly more than twice 

 the nasal suture; ocular moderate, quadrangular, the anterior angle 

 very long and pointed; eye not visible; a pair of occipitals, longer than 

 broad (the one on the left side abnormally divided), broadly in contact 

 behind the f rontals; three supralabials, the second longer than the other 

 two together; three lower labials, the second longer than the other two 

 together; mental followed by a large median postmental, much longer 

 than broad; behind the second lower labial a large triangular malar 

 shield; behind the postmental and between the malars 3 scales in a trans- 



FlG. 133.— A M- 



PHISBJiNA BA- 

 KERI. 21 X nat- 

 ural size. Top 

 of head. No. 

 2.5541, U.S.N.M. 



a To Mr. A. B. Baker, who collected the type specimen, in recognition of the splen- 

 did material he brought home from the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Fhh Hawk 

 expedition to Porto Rico. 



