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and niucronate ; no verticils ; tail compressed. The keels of the dorsals 

 and of the laterals are directed backward and slightly upward, so that 

 the rows of scales converge slightly. There are about 20 longitudinal 

 rows of dorsals across the b.-ick. A transverse series of six con- 

 spicuously enlarged postanals in the male. 



Dimensions. — Snout to vent, 83 mm ; head to posterior ear, 22 mm ; 

 tail, 142 mm ; fore leg, 7^/ mm ; hind leg, 75 mm ; width of head, 15 mm. 



Color {ill alcohol). — Body color olive-buft", the dorsal scales with a 

 metallic greenish iridescence ; a lateral series of about nine large, 

 rectangular black spots, beginning behind the ear and continuing to 

 above the groin, the posterior ones becoming much lighter ; those behind 

 the arm bordered above by traces of a scarlet vermilion stripe; from 

 the lower borders of these spots issue narrow transverse bands of scar- 

 let vermilion with pale blue scales scattered regularly in them ; these 

 transverse bands becoming very light towards the center of the belly 

 and finally fading out ; traces of paired dark spots down the back ; 

 head immaculate above ; upper and lower labials with vertical pearl- 

 gray markings on the sutures of the scales ; throat with longitudinal 

 pearl-gra}' broken stripes, which become much darker on the sides of 

 the neck and are nearly black beneath the ear ; fore legs faintly barred 

 with pearl-gray; hind legs irregularly barred with scarlet vermilion, 

 pale blue and olive-buff; tail with faint widely spaced bars of pale 

 gray above, immaculate below. Posterior femur with a broad white 

 stripe bordered by scarlet vermilion above and below. 



Parafypes. — In addition to the specimen designated as the type, I 

 have examined 13 paratypes from Great Tnagua Island, as follows: — - 

 U.S.N.M. no. 81278, an adult female from Carmichael Point, 

 August 7, 1930; no. 81256, a very young male from the same locality; 

 no. 81279, an adult male from the center of Ocean Bight Bay; no. 

 81280, an adult male from the northeast peninsula, August 6, 1930 ; 

 no. 81281, a young female from Northwest Point, August 8, 1930; 

 and nos. 81282-4, an adult male and two young females from Mathew- 

 town, August 9-10, 1930. I have likewise examined a fine series of five 

 males, Mus. Comp. Zool. no. 6234 labeled simply " Inagua ". These 

 are the specimens to which Garman erroneously applied the name 

 sclireibersii. 



Variations. — In the series of 14 specimens, the canthals and pre- 

 frontals do not touch in any instance. The supraocular plates vary 

 from six to eight in number, six being unusual, eight fairly frequent, 

 and seven the most frequent. There are always three prefrontals, the 

 second of which is usually the largest. In one case the internasals are 

 transversely divided. The median snout scales are three to six in 



