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40. Anolis tropidolepis. 



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

 broad, slightly longer than the tibia ; forehead concave, no frontal 

 ridges ; upper head-scales very small, strongly uni- or tricarinate ; 

 scales of the supraorbital semicircles scarcely enlarged, separated 

 by three to five series of scales ; six to twelve enlarged, strongly 

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

 opening, separated from the supraorbitals by three to five series of 

 scales ; canthus rostralis angular, canthal scales four ; loreal rows 

 seven to nine ; seven or eight labials to below the centre of the eye ; 

 ear-opening rather large, vertically oval. Gular appendage very 

 small, absent in the female ; gular scales keeled. Body feebly com- 

 pressed in the male ; no dorso-nuchal fold. Dorsal and lateral scales 

 very small, granular, keeled, those on the vertebral region slightly 

 larger, strongly keeled; ventrals small, larger than dorsals, rounded, 

 imbricate, keeled. The adpressed hind limb reaches nearly the end 

 of the snout ; digital dilatations feebly developed ; thirteen or 

 fourteen lamellse under phalanges ir. and in. of the fourth toe. 

 Tail cylindrical, slightly compressed in the male, covered with sub- 

 equal keeled scales. JSTo enlarged postanal scales. Brownish or 

 greenish above, with metallic gloss, with or without small darker 

 spots ; an angular dark cross baud between the eyes, and frequently 

 a V-shaped dark band from the orbits to the nape ; males with a 

 very broad dark baud from the eye to the side of the body ; female 

 frequently with a light, dark-edged vertebral baud ; lower surfaces 

 yellowish or greenish, with metallic gloss. 



Total length 164 millim. 



Head 15 „ 



Width of head 9 „ 



Body 39 „ 



Fore limb 23 „ 



Hind limb 42 „ 



Tibia 13 „ 



Tail 110 „ 



Costa Rica. 

 a. Many specs., S 5 . Irazu. F. D. Godman, Esq. [P.]. 



41 . Anolis piilchripes. 



Anolis pulcbripes, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1873, p. 739. 



Head a little longer than the tibia ; supraorbital semicircles 

 separated by one series of scales ; twelve to fourteen enlarged supra- 

 oculars, arranged in three or four longitudinal rows, the two 

 anterior scales of the inner row most enlarged ; occipital smaller 

 than the ear-opening, separated from the supraorbitals by two or 

 three series of scales ; loreal rows five ; nine upper labials ; oar- 



