2 University of Michigan 



Description of Type Specimen : Nostril between the nasals ; 

 five occipitals, the anterior margin of the middle one as wide 

 as or wider than the adjacent ones; frontal divided trans- 

 versely, with low longitudinal keels; second and third supra- 

 oculars large, the first small, the fourth very small, the last 

 three entirely surrounded by granules; six superciliaries ; 

 loreal undivided ; five and six supralabials to below middle of 

 eye ; two pairs of chin shields in contact on the median line ; 

 mesoptychial scales about the size of the largest granules. 

 Dorsal scales small; ventrals in ten longitudinal rows; trans- 

 verse rows about thirty-four; preanal plates small, four sub- 

 equal scutes in a row posteriorly. One row of large brachial 

 plates not continuous with the antebrachials, which are in one 

 row, A group of slightly enlarged rhomboidal postbrachials. 

 Femoral plates numerous ; tibial plates in three rows. Femoral 

 pores fifteen. Tip of longest toe reaching the anterior margin 

 of the ear. 



The color is faded but evidently the ground color was oliva- 

 ceous, and the pattern consisted of light stripes and dark spots 

 arranged as follows : A pale median stripe obsolete on the 

 neck; an upper narrow lateral stripe continuous from the 

 head and extending on the tail ; a lower narrow lateral stripe 

 continuous from the ear to the shoulder, broken up into spots 

 behind the shoulder for half the body length, and again con- 

 tinuous from the middle of the body and on the tail ; a series 

 of irregular dark spots between the lateral stripes ; two rows 

 of regularly triangular and alternately placed spots on the 

 back, separated by the median pale stripe ; an irregular yellow 

 stripe on the posterior side of the thighs. 



mm. mm. 



Total length 205 Length of hind leg 47 



Length of head 18 Length of tail 144 



Remarks: This species is evidently very close to Ameiva 

 hifrontata Cope as it exists on Aruba. If the specimen is 

 typical, the principal differences are in the wider median 



