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gi'eeu varied with dark lines and narrow points of brown. The body is often red- 

 dish below. The dewlap is a splendid rich claret color. As one sees it clinging 

 to the bark of a tree, the resemblance to a lichen is most striking. It is not so 

 quick in trying to escape as most of the other forms and is ready to bite viciously. 

 The natives consider it the most poisonous lizard on the island. 



Gosse reports having seen only three specimens during his stay in Jamaica. 

 He mentions no special locality, but page 226 of " A Naturalist's Sojourn in Ja- 

 maica" is headed " Kingston," and they probably came from there. 



The species is peculiar to Jamaica. 



The Jamaican Anoles resolve themselves into six species, of wliich five are pe- 

 culiar to Jamaica. Anolis garmanii Stejneger is the largest, most easily identified, 

 and the most widely distributed. Anolis lineatopus Gray is perhaps the most 

 abundant lizard on the island, though its range is peculiarly circumscribed. Anolis 

 sagrue Dum. et Bibr. is found sparingly and, of course, is a wide-ranging species. 

 Three species are very closely related and extremely difficult to distinguish inter 

 se, viz., Anolis opalinus Gosse, A. iodurus Gosse, A. grahamii Gray. 



Anolis garmani Stejneger. 



Stejneger, Amer. Nat. 1899, 33, p. 602. 



Dactyloa edwardsii Gosse, Nat. Sojourn in Jamaica, 1851, p. 76, 142-145, pi. 4. 



This beautiful vivid green lizard is perhaps the most widely distributed, though 

 by no means tlie most common of its genus on the island. I have before me 

 specimens from near Kingston, Mandeville, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, and Bath, 

 and my notes show that I observed it almost all over tlie island. The description 

 given by Boulenger in his Catalogue of the lizards of the British Museum de- 

 scribes the colors very well. The species seems to change rather less than the 

 otliers during life, though the vivid green may become a dull brown. The color 

 of the dewlap is light orange. It is found often at the base of the leaves of palm 

 trees, where its color protects it very well. I never saw one of these lizards 

 within ten feet of the ground. Gosse writes that it seems to affect the higher 

 mountain woods. It seems now, however, to be as common at lower levels. 

 Gosse also notes that the food consists of insects and vegetable substances. My 

 observations substantiate this statement. 



This species is known only from Jamaica.' 



Anolis lineatopus Gray. 



Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1840, 5, p. 113. 



Boulenger, Cat. Lizards Brit. Mus. 1885, 2, p. 39-40, pi. 1, figs. 1-2. 



Tlie zebra lizard is excessively common on the coastal plain about Kingston and 

 Spanish Town. When riding along the Constant Spring Road, it was often noted 

 that about eight out of ten fence posts or trees passed had from one to four of 

 these lizards upon it. They became, however, uncommon when the road passed 

 into the woods. Continuing across the island to the north shore not a single 



