Reptiles and Batrachians from Colombia. 17 



Two specimens, male and half-grown, from near Buena- 

 ventura. 



Anolis notopholis. 



Allied to A. tropidonotus, Ptrs. Head once and two thirds 



to once and three fourths as long as broad, as long as the 



tibia ; forehead concave ; frontal ridges feebly marked, short 



and divergent ; all the upper head-scales strongly keeled ; 



scales of the supraorbital semicircles enlarged, in contact with 



each other or separated by one or two series of scales ; two to 



five enlarged supraoculars ; occipital feebly enlarged, separated 



from the supraorbitals by two or three series of scales ; canthus 



rostralis angular ; loreal rows six or seven ; seven to nine 



upper labials to below the centre of the eye ; ear-opening 



large, vertically oval. Gular appendage large ; gular scales 



keeled. Body short, compressed ; no dorso-nuchal fold. 



Dorsal scales very large, the largest fully twice as large as 



the ventrals, hexagonal, subimbricate, sharply keeled, forming 



eight or ten longitudinal series, the two median series formed 



of smaller scales ; lateral scales very small, imbricate, keeled ; 



ventral scales rhomboidal, rounded or truncate behind, sharply 



keeled. The adpressed hind limb reaches the nostril or the 



end of the snout ; digits very slightly dilated ; 14 or 15 



lamellse under phalanges II. and III. of the fourth toe. Tail 



slightly compressed, once and three fourths to twice as long 



as head and body. No enlarged postanal scales. Bronzy or 



golden above, with a series of large black oblique spots on 



each side of the back ; a black stripe on each side of the 



nape, bifurcating on the back of the head, the outer branch 



extending to the eye ; a black line from the eye to the nostril, 



below the canthus rostralis ; lower parts pale golden ; gular 



appendage vermilion-red. 



6- 2- 



millim. millim. 



Total length 148 147 



Head 14 15 



Width of head 8 9 



Body 34 37 



Fore limb 21 22 



Hind limb 42 46 



Tibia 14 14 



Tail 100 95 



►Several specimens from near Buenaventura. 



Homalocranium longifrontale. 

 Eye about half as long as the snout. Rostral broader than 

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