3. ANOIIS. 51 



37. Anolis ortonii. 



Auolis ortonii, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1808, p. 97. 



eynocephalus, Bocourt, Nouv. Arch. Mus. vi. 1870, Bull. p. 13, 



and Miss. Sc. 3Iex., Rept. pi. xiv. fig. 7. 



bouvieri, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 58, pi. xiv. fig. 8 ; 



G'Shauglm. Ann. Sf May. N. H. (4) xv. 1875, p. 274, and Proe. 

 Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 243. 



Head moderate, once and three fourths as long as broad, longer 

 than the tibia ; forehead concave, no frontal ridges ; upper head-scales 

 small, smooth ; scales of the supraorbital semicircles enlarged, in 

 contact mediallj', or separated by one series of scales ; six to ten 

 enlarged, smooth supraocular scales, separated from the supra- 

 orbitals by one series of granules ; occipital much larger than the 

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

 of scales ; canthus rostralis feebly marked, canthal scales four or 

 five ; loreal rows four or five ; six to eight labials to below the 

 centre of the eye ; ear-opening small, oval. Gular appendage 

 large, with rows of widely distant scales, indicated in the female ; 

 gular scales smooth. Body not or but slightly compressed ; no 

 dorso-nuchal fold. Dorsal and lateral scales very small, granular, 

 scarcely larger on the vertebral region ; ventral scales larger, small, 

 round, juxtaposed, smooth. The adpressed hind limb reaches the 

 ear or slightly beyond ; digital expansions moderate ; eighteen 

 lamellae under phalanges ii. and iii. of the fourth toe. Tail 

 slightly compressed, covered with strongly keeled scales, in the male 

 with a very slightly serrated upper edge ; its length not twice that 

 of head and body. No enlarged postanal scales. Brown or grey 

 above, with coppery or greenish metaDic gloss, with rather ill-defined 

 darker spots or variegations, sometimes forming chevron-shaped 

 marks on the back, the most distinct of which is on the sacrum ; 

 lips spotted ; throat sometimes black ; belly whitish, with metallic 

 gloss. 



Total length 137 miUim, 



Head 14 „ 



Width of head 8 „ 



Body 3G „ 



Fore limb 23 „ 



Hind limb 35 „ 



Tibia 11 „ 



Tail 87 „ 



Central and South America. 



H. W. Bates, Esq. [C.j. 

 Mr. Euckley [C.]. 

 Mr. J{uckleV[C.]. 

 Mr. Eraser [C.l. 

 W. J. Veitch, Esq. [P.]. 



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