﻿from 
  the 
  Andes 
  of 
  South 
  America. 
  21 
  

  

  adpressed 
  hind 
  limb 
  reaches 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  snout; 
  digits 
  

   rat 
  her 
  feebly 
  dilated 
  ; 
  20 
  lamella? 
  under 
  phalanges 
  II 
  and 
  

   III 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  toe. 
  Tail 
  roundish, 
  covered 
  with 
  uniform 
  

   keeled 
  scales, 
  which 
  are 
  larger 
  beneath. 
  Dark 
  purplish 
  

   brown 
  above, 
  white, 
  dotted 
  and 
  vermiculated 
  with 
  black 
  

   beneath. 
  

  

  mm. 
  

  

  Total 
  length 
  (tail 
  reproduced) 
  95 
  

  

  Head 
  16 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  head 
  8 
  

  

  Body 
  41 
  

  

  Fore 
  limb 
  28 
  

  

  Hind 
  limb 
  54 
  

  

  Tibia 
  17 
  

  

  A 
  single 
  female 
  specimen 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  young 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  

   Rio 
  San 
  Juan, 
  Choco, 
  S. 
  W. 
  Colombia, 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  

   (Jr. 
  Palmer. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  A. 
  gemmosus, 
  O'Sh., 
  and 
  maculi 
  ventres, 
  Blgr. 
  

  

  Anolis 
  macrolepis. 
  

  

  Head 
  once 
  and 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   tibia 
  ; 
  forehead 
  concave 
  ; 
  frontal 
  ridges 
  feeble, 
  short 
  ; 
  upper 
  

   head-scales 
  very 
  unequal 
  in 
  size, 
  small 
  and 
  keeled 
  on 
  the 
  

   snout, 
  large 
  and 
  rugose 
  on 
  the 
  occiput; 
  scales 
  of 
  the 
  supra- 
  

   orbital 
  semicircles 
  strongly 
  enlarged, 
  separated 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   by 
  one 
  series 
  of 
  very 
  small 
  scales, 
  and 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  

   occipital; 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  very 
  strongly 
  enlarged, 
  rugose 
  and 
  

   keeled 
  supraocular 
  scales 
  ; 
  occipital 
  very 
  large, 
  much 
  larger 
  

   than 
  the 
  ear-opening; 
  canthus 
  rostralis 
  short, 
  canthal 
  scales 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  ; 
  loreal 
  rows 
  six 
  ; 
  seven 
  upper 
  labials 
  to 
  below 
  

   the 
  centre 
  ot 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  ear-opening 
  moderately 
  large, 
  oval. 
  

   Body 
  scarcely 
  compressed 
  ; 
  no 
  crest. 
  Dorsal 
  scales 
  very 
  

   large, 
  flat, 
  juxtaposed, 
  squarish 
  or 
  hexagonal, 
  feebly 
  keeled 
  

   or 
  striated; 
  lateral 
  scales 
  small, 
  granular, 
  keeled; 
  ventrals 
  

   also 
  granular, 
  keeled, 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  laterals, 
  much 
  

   smaller 
  than 
  dorsals. 
  The 
  adpressed 
  hind 
  limb 
  reaches 
  

   the 
  eye 
  ; 
  digits 
  feebly 
  dilated 
  ; 
  15 
  or 
  16 
  lamelhe 
  under 
  

   phalanges 
  II 
  and 
  III 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  toe. 
  Tail 
  roundish, 
  

   covered 
  with 
  uniform 
  keeled 
  scales, 
  wdiich 
  are 
  larger 
  beneath. 
  

   Brown 
  above, 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  darker 
  angular 
  cross- 
  

   bands 
  pointing 
  backwards 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  streak 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   head 
  and 
  neck, 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  eye, 
  followed 
  on 
  the 
  body 
  

   by 
  large 
  dark 
  spots, 
  below 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  whitish 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  streak 
  ; 
  hind 
  limbs 
  with 
  oblique 
  dark 
  cross-bands 
  ; 
  

   lower 
  parts 
  white. 
  

  

  