3. ANOLIS, 85 



Head, to ear 17 millim. 



From ear to vent 51 



Hind limb 53 



Tail 119 



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Colombia. 



92. Anolis oxylophus. 



Anolis oxylophus, Cope, Journ. Ac. Thilad. (2) viii. 1876, p. 123, 

 pis. xxiv. i3g. 4, and sxviii. fig. 5. 



Eesembles the preceding, except in the following points : — Frontal 

 ridges much more prominent ; canthus rostralis distinct to near the 

 nostril ; occipital bounded laterally and in front by a number of 

 scuta of the same size and form ; superior labials thirteen. Dorsal 

 scales about equal to the vcntrals. The adprcssed hind limb reaches 

 the middle of the orbit. Colour dark browu, the limbs and feet with 

 pale cross bands ; a distinct whitish band exteiids from the scapular 

 region to near the groin ; abdomen yellowish, with a broad brown 

 border on each side. 



Total length 217 millim. 



Head, to ear 19 „ 



Width of head 11 „ 



Length, to vent 76 „ 



Hiud limb 60 „ 



Costa Eica. 



93. Anolis godmani. 



Head once and three fourths or twice as long as broad, slightly 

 longer than the tibia ; snout rather pointed ; forehead and interor])ital 

 region concave, frontal ridges short and divergent ; upper head- 

 scales very small, uni- or tricarinate ; scales of the supraorbital semi- 

 circles enlarged, separated by two to four series of scales ; a few 

 enlarged, keeled supraocular scales ; occipital larger than the ear- 

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

 scales ; canthus rostraHs sharp, canthal scales three or four ; loreal 

 rows six to eight; six upper labials to below the centre of the eye; 

 ear-opening moderate, vertically oval. Gular appendage moderate ; 

 gular scales keeled. Body not or scarcely compressed ; no dorso- 

 nuchal fold. Dorsal scales very small, subrhomboidal, keeled, gradu- 

 ating into the minute granules of the sides ; ventrals lai"ger, roundish- 

 hexagonal, imbricate, keeled. Limbs slender ; the adpressed hind 

 limb reaches nearly the end of the snout ; digits feebly dilated ; 

 thirteen or fourteen lamella3 under phalanges ii. and in. of the fourth 

 toe. Tail cylindrical, nearly twice as long as head and body, with- 

 out vertebral series of enlarged scales. Male with slightly enlarged 

 postanal scales. Greenish-brown above ; upper lip yellowish, bor- 

 dered above by a sharply defined brown band passing through the 

 eye and above the ear, vanishing behind the shoulder ; a dark cross 

 band between the eyes ; sometimes a few small distant brown spots 

 on the vertebral line. 



