92 IGTTANID-E. 



Head short, shorter than the tibia ; forehead slightly concave ; 

 upper head-scales small, keeled ; occipital larger than the ear- 

 opening, which is ronnd, A small gnlar appendage. Body slightly 

 compressed ; no dorso-nuchal fold. Dorsal scales subhexagonal, 

 juxtaposed, smooth, the two vertebral series slightly larger; ventral 

 scales larger than dorsal, rhomboidal, strongly keeled. The ad- 

 pressed hind limb reaches beyond the tip of the snout ; digits very 

 feebly dilated. Tail rounded, more than twice as long as head and 

 body. Greyish above, with metallic gloss ; posterior part of the 

 body with oblique brown cross bands ; sides of the head and neck 

 marbled with brown ; limbs and tail with brown cross bands ; 

 lower surfaces greenish white. 



Total length 108 millim. 



Head 18 „ 



Body 37 „ 



Fore limb 32 „ 



Hind limb 57 „ 



Tail 125 „ 



Surinam. 



102. Anolis leptoscelis. (Plate Y. fig, 3.) 



Draconura iiitens, (non Wagl.) O Shaughn. Ann. 8f Mag. N. II. (4) 

 XV. 1875, p. 277. 



Head small, about once and two thirds as long as broad, as long 

 as the tibia ; snout short, swollen between the nostrils ; forehead 

 and interorbital region concave ; no frontal ridges ; upper head- 

 scales very small, strongly keeled ; scales of the supraorbital 

 Bemieircles enlarged, separated by two or three series of scales ; 

 numerous enlarged, keeled supraocular scales ; occipital smaller than 

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

 series of scales ; canthus rostralis short ; loreal series six or 

 seven ; seven or eight upper labials to below the centre of the 

 eye ; ear-opening large, vertically oval. Gular appendage very 

 small ; gular scales obtusely keeled. Body not compressed ; no dorso- 

 nuchal fold. Dorsal scales very small, subrhomboidal, juxtaposed, 

 feebly keeled, two vertebral series somewhat more enlarged, gradu- 

 ating into the minute granules of the flanks ; ventral scales larger, 

 also small, irregular hexagonal, imbricate, feebly keeled. Limbs 

 long and slender ; the adpressed hind limb reaches the tip of the 

 snout ; digital expansions very narrow ; sixteen lamellas under 

 phalanges ii. and iii. of the fourth toe. Tail cylindrical, twice 

 as long as head and body, without dorsal series of enlarged scales. 

 Male with enlarged postanal scales. Upper surfaces brownish or 

 greenish, back with small darker spots ; a broad brown band from 

 the eye to the side of the body ; an angular transverse brown band 

 between the eyes ; limbs with regular, narrow, oblique, light, dark- 

 edged cross bands ; belly whitish ; throat brown ; one or two 

 whitish lines across the chin. 



