3. ANOLIS. 4 



24. Anolis carolinensis. 



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Anolius porcatus, Gray, Cat. p. 201. 



principalis, Gray, I. c. p. 202. 



Cateshy, Nat. Hid. Carol, ii. p. .55, pi. Ixv. 



? Lacerta principalis, Limi. S. N. i. p. 3G0. 



Anolis buUaris, part., Dand. Rept. iv. p. 09. 



carolinensis, Dum. S,- L'ibr. iv. p. 121 ; Holbr. N. Am. Ilerp. 



ii. p. 67, pi. viii. : Cocfean, in R. de la Sa(/ra, Hid. Cula, Rept. 

 ■ p. 125, pi. xi. ; HaUow. Proc. Ac. P/iilad. 1850, p. 232. 



porcatus, Gray, Ann. ^- 3Iay. N. //. v. 1840, p. 112. 



Dactyloa (Ctenocercus) carolinensis, Fitzing. Syst. Rept. p. 08. 

 Anolis principalis, Boconrt, Afis-f. Sc. Mex., ' Rept. pi. xv. iig. 1 ; 



SJuifeldt, Am. Nat. 188.3, p. 919. 



Head once and two thirds to once and three fourths as long as 

 broad, much longer than the tibia ; in the adult male the head 

 very large, with very strong and prominent frontal ridges, converging 

 anteriorly, and canthi rostrales, and slightly concave occiput, the 

 head-scales large and rough, and the nostrils turned entirely upwards ; 

 the head moderate in the female, with strongly striated scales ; scales 

 of the supraorbital semicircles separated by one or two series of 

 scales ; six to eleven enlarged supraocular scales, separated from 

 the supraorbitals by one series of smaller scales ; occipital as large 

 as the ear-opening, separated from the supraorbitals by one or two 

 series of scales ; canthal scales four ; loreal rows three to five ; six 

 to nine labials to below the centre of the eye ; ear-opening small, 

 roiindish subtriangular. Gular appendage moderately large, scarcely 

 indicated in the female ; gular scales keeled or striated. Body not 

 comjjressed ; no dorso-nnchal fold. Dorsal and ventral scales 

 equal, keeled, roundish-hexagonal, juxtaposed or subimbricate : 

 lateral scales a little smaller, round. Limbs short ; the adprcssed 

 hind limb reaches the shoulder or the ear ; digital expansions well 

 developed ; twenty-two to twenty-seven lamella^ under phalanges ir. 

 and III. of the fourth toe. Tail round, with a dorsal scries of slightly 

 enlarged scales ; its length nearly twice that of head and body. Male 

 with enlarged postanal scales. Green above, head brownish ; body 

 and limbs frequently dotted or reticulated with black ; sometimes a 

 light vertebral band, and a large blue ocellus above the axil ; lower 

 surfaces greenish white, uniform or speckled with blackish. 



Total length 116 140 millim. 



Head 20 16 „ 



Width of head 15 9 ,, 



Body 45 34 „ 



Fore limb 26 20 „ 



Hind limb 43 31 „ 



Tibia 13 10 „ 



Tail 145 90 



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