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rated from the supraorbitals by two to three series of 

 scales ; canthal scales two ; loreal rows five ; six or seven 

 labials to below the centre of the eye. Ear opening mod- 

 erate. Gular appendage rather small. Dorsal scales 

 and those of flanks granular, smooth or but faintly keeled ; 

 ventrals larger, smooth. Adpressed the hind limb reaches 

 the eye ; digital expansion moderate. No dorso-nuchal 

 crest. Tail compressed, more than one and one-half times 

 as long as head and body, crest low, scales keeled, lower 

 larger. 



Grey, irregularly freckled on the upper surfaces with 

 small spots, lines and dots of black ; lower sides of legs 

 spotted with brown ; labials with a series of spots of brown ; 

 chin with two pairs of series of small spots, diverging 

 toward the throat ; a dark band from snout to eye ; eye- 

 lids with radiating streaks of brown ; tail with broad bands 

 of brown separated by narrow spaces of light color. 



LIOCEPHALUS SCHREIBERSII Gray; Cope. 



Professor Maynard says this lizard does not curl its tail 

 over its back when running but carries it straight, differ- 

 ing in this habit from L. carinatus. 



AMEIVA MAYNARDII sp. n. 



Nostril in the posterior part of the anterior nasal ; inter- 

 nasal large, octagonal, separated from the rostral ; prefron- 

 tals longer than broad, forming a long median suture ; 

 frontal broad and blunt-angled anteriorly, about one and 

 one-third times as long as broad ; postfrontals in contact 

 with the hinder two of the supraoculars ; parietals five, 

 subequal, or interparietal rather larger and its sides nearly 

 parallel ; occipitals in two transverse series of five, or more, 

 short plates each ; supraoculars four, second largest ; su- 

 praciliaries seven ; anterior loreal small, second very large ; 



