]. TUP1NAMB18.— 2. DRAC^NA. 



33/ 



a,b,c. S, 2 , «S: ligr. 



d. Hgr. 



e. Yg. 



f-9- Yg- 



h, i, k, I. Ad. & hgr., 



stuffed. 



»n. c?, skeleton. 



Brazil. 



Brazil. 



Rio .Janeiro. 



Rio Grande do Sul. 



S. America. 



S. America. 



Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 

 Mrs. Frv [P.J. 

 Dr. V. ihering[C.]. 



3. Tupinambis nigropunctatus. 



Teius nigropunctatus, Gray, Cat. p. 16. 

 Tupinambis nigropuuctatus, Spix, Spec. Nov. Lacert. Bras. p. 18, 



pi. XX. 

 Ctenodon nigropunctatus, Wagl. Si/st. Amph. p. 153. 

 Salvator nigropunctatus, Dum. i^- Bibr. v. p. 20; Guichen. in Casteln. 



Amer. Sud, Jiept. p. 31. 

 Podinema nigropunctatum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1877, p. 414. 



Differs from T. teguixin in the following points : — A single loreal. 

 A few large plates bordering the temple superiorly. Constantly a 

 single undivided anterior chin-shield. All the scales larger, espe- 

 cially those on the gular and prajaual regions ; the dorsal scales 

 hexagonal ; about thirty longitudinal and as many transverse series 

 of ventral plates. About ten femoral pores on each side. Coloration 

 rather similar to that of T. teguixin, but no cross bands on the 

 belly, which is uniform or black-spotted ; head with large black 

 spots above. 



Guianas ; Brazil ; Eastern Peru. 



Col. Sabine [P.]. 



Rev. W. Turner [C.]. 



Lord Stuart [P.]. 

 T. Bell, Esq. | P.]. 

 Messrs. Veitcli [P.j. 

 Mes.rs. V'eitch [P.J. 



2. DRACiENA, 



Dracaena, Daud. Rept. ii. p. 421. 



Teius, part., Merr. Tent. Syst. Amph. p. 60. 



Thorictis, Waaler, Syst. Amph. p. 153 ; Wiegm. Herp. Mex. p. 8 ; 



Dum. ^ Bibr. v. p. 51. 

 Ada, part., Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 28. 

 Ada, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 25. 



Tongue long, not distinctly sheathed, slightly widened, but not 

 emarginatc posteriorly. Lateral teeth very large, molur-like, with 

 rounded crowns. Head with largo regular shields ; anterior nasal 

 in contact with its fellow ; nostril pierced in the suture between 



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