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REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



of granules; one large shield in front of the .supraocular granules 

 between the superciliaries and the supraocular semicircle; canthus 

 rostralis sharp, consisting of five elongated shields increasing gradu- 

 ally in size posteriorly, superciliary ridge consisting of one narrow 

 elongated shield and one similar but very small one, but not followed 

 by a differentiated series of small scales, the granules of the supra- 

 ocular disk continuing uninterruptedly into the granules surrounding 

 the eye; loreal rows five or six; subocular semicircle keeled, broadly 

 in contact with the supralabials; supralabials nine, the suture between 

 seventh and eighth being under the center of the eye; temporal gran- 

 ules about the size of dorsals, a well-marked double series of small scales 

 forming the supratemporal line; dorsals coarse, keeled granules, with- 

 out any median enlarged series, laterals smaller but similar; ventral 

 scales rather small, slightly imbricate, rounded behind, flat, those on 

 the throat granular; fore legs above with small keeled scales, about three 



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Figs. 102-104.— Anolis evermanju. 102, top of head; 103, side of head. 2 x natural size. 104, side 

 of tail at level of fifth verticil. 3 x natural size. No. 26866, U.S.N. M. 



series on the anterior face of the lower arm being greatly enlarged, 

 more than twice as large as the ventrals; anterior scales of femur 

 enlarged, keeled, gradually diminishing posteriorly and below; scales 

 covering hands and feet above multicarinate; digital expansion wide, 

 about twenty-eight lamella? under phalanges ii and iii of fourth toe; 

 tail moderate, slightly compressed, with fairly well -marked verticils, 

 every eighth or ninth vertical row being somewhat enlarged and sur- 

 mounted by a strongly serrated edge of enlarged triangular spines, 

 the fourth or fifth corresponding to the enlarged vertical scale row 

 being larger than the others; dewlap naked, with distant series of 

 scales, edge not thickened; postanal scales slightly developed. 



The dermal folds on upper neck and back are very low, especially 

 the latter, but there is a distinct depression between them on the 

 shoulder region. 



