EULAEMUS FITZIXGERI. 



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somewhat smaller, and nearly smooth, or obsoletely carinated ; 

 abdominal scales posteriorly rounded. Posterior aspect of thighs 

 wholly granular. Coloration variable. 



SYN. Proctotretus pictus, DOM. & BIER. Erp&. gen. IV, 1837, 276. BELL, Zool. 

 Voy. Beagle, V, 1843, 5. PI. n, figs. 1 & 2. HOMBB. & JACQ. Voy. au Pole Sud et 

 dans 1'Oceanie. PI. n, bis, fig. 1. GUICH. in Gay, Hist, de Chile, Zool. II, 1848, 

 30. Erp. Lam. r, fig. 2. 



Liolaemus bistriatus, GRAY. Brit. Mas. 1836. 



Liolaemus lemniscatus, GRAVENH. in Nov. Act. Acad. nat. cnr. XVIII, ii, 1838, 731. 

 PI. LIV, fig. 12. 



Liolaemus (Liodeira') pictus, Fixz. Syst. Kept. I, 1843, 74. 



Liolaemus pictus, GRAY, Catal. Lizz. Brit. Mas. 1845, 213. 



Eulaemus pictus, GRD. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. November, 1857, 198. 



OBSERV. This species was not met with by the U. S. Exploring 

 Expedition, and we regret not having had an opportunity to give a 

 good figure of it, which would be so desirable. 



LOG. Republic of Chile. 



4. EULAEMUS FITZINGERI, Grd. 



SPEC. CHAR. Head short ; snout narrow and rounded. Temporal 

 scales hexagonal, smooth. Auricular aperture subtubercular. Dor- 

 sal and lateral scales subequal, latter smooth ; abdominal scales 

 entire, lozenge-shaped on the chest, quadrangular on the belly. 

 Posterior aspect of thighs granular, with a patch of scales near the 

 tail. Greyish-brown or chestnut, or fawn-yellow above, with four 

 series of black blotches, posteriorly white-margined ; lips vertically 

 marked with brown ; limbs and tail with transverse angular bands, 

 alternately dark chestnut and white ; beneath white, the throat 

 exhibiting brown, confluent lines. There are other , varieties of 

 coloration. 



SYN. Proctotretus fitzingerii, BUM. & BIBB. Erpet. gen. IV, 1837, 286. GUICH. 

 in Gay, Hist, de Chile, Zool. II, 1848, 38. 



Ptychodeira fitzinyeri, FITZ. Syst. Kept. I, 1843, 73. 



Liolaemus jitzingeri, FITZ. 



Liolaemus conspersus, GRAVENH. in Nov. Act. Acad. nat. cur. XVIII, ii, 1838, 735. 

 PI. LIV, fig. 14. 



Eulaemus fitzinyeri, GRD. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. November, 1857, 198. 



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