666 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



separated from supraorbital semicircles by one or two scale-rows; 

 semicirculars separated by one row of scales or in contact; dewlap of 

 male covered with large, keeled, pointed, imbricate scales. 



Type—'No. 27294, U.S.N.M.; hills 3 miles east of Ponce, P. P.; 

 collector, C. W. Richmond. 



Habitat. — Porto Rico. 



Ventrals. 



Laterals. 



Middle of 

 back. 



119 



Laterals. 



Ventrals. 



117 120 



Figs. 117-120.— Anolis poncensis. 117, scales around middle of body. b\ x natural size. 118, side 

 of head; 119, top of head. 2| x natural size. 120, side of tail at level of fifth verticil. 5£ x natural 

 size. No. 27294, U.S.N.M. 



Description. — Adult male; U.S.N.M., No. 27294; hill 3 miles east 

 of Ponce; April 16, 1900. Top of head with two slightly curved and 

 low frontal ridges; frontal hollow very shallow; head scales more or 

 less wrinkled or keeled; four scales in a row between the nostrils; 

 supraocular semicircles broadly in contact; occipital slightly larger 



