52 IGTTANID-^. 



38. Anolis schiedii. 



Dactyloa schiedii, Wiegm. Her}). Mex. p. 48. 



Anolis gibbiceps, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1864, p. 174. 



schiedii, Bocourt, Miss. Se. Mex., JiejJt. p. 64, pi. xiv. fig. 19. 



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

 broad, slightly longer than the tibia ; forehead concave, frontal 

 ridges obsolete ; upper head-scales keeled ; supraorbital semicircles 

 separated from each other by two or three, and from the occipital 

 by three to five series of scales ; ten to fourteen enlarged, keeled 

 supraocular scales ; occipital small, smaller than the ear-opening ; 

 canthus rostralis short, canthal scales two ; loreal rows seven to 

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

 rather large, vertically oval. Gular appendage large, present also, 

 but less developed, in the female ; gular scales obtusely keeled. 

 Body short, not compressed ; no dorso-nuchal fold. Dorsal scales 

 very small, rhomboidal, keeled, hardly larger than the laterals, 

 which are granular and rugulose ; ventrals small, larger than dorsals, 

 rounded, imbricate, smooth. The adpressed hind limb reaches 

 nearly the end of the snout ; digital dilatations not much developed ; 

 sixteen to eighteen lamellpe under phalanges ii. and in. of the 

 fourth toe. Tail subcylindrical, nearly twice as long as head and 

 body, covered with equal keeled scales. No enlarged postanal scales. 

 Coppery above, uniform ; sometimes with darker spots, or a light 

 vertebral line in the female ; lower surfaces whitish with metallic 

 gloss. 



Prom snout to vent .... 49 millim. 



Head 15 „ 



Width of head 9 „ 



Pore limb 24 „ 



Hind limb 46 



Tibia 13-5 



Central America ; Venezuela. 

 a. 5 . Caraccas. (Type of A. gibUceps) 



39. Anolis polylepis. 



Anolis polylepis, Peters, 3Ion. Berl. Ac, 1873, p. 738. 



Near A. scJiiedii and A. limifrons. Supraorbital semicircles 

 separated by three or four series of scales ; loreal rows nine. Median 

 dorsal scales keeled, smaller than the ventrals, and a little larger 

 than the granular laterals ; ventrals smooth. Tail compressed, 

 especially in the male, with a vertebral series of enlarged scales. 

 Otherwise as in A. schiedii. A brown band between the eyes ; 

 females with a light festooned vertebral band, widening from the 

 scapular region and extending to the eyes ; males with a light 

 nuchal marking and small dorsal spots or transverse markings. 



Chiriqui. 



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