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on the upper arm three rows of brachials somewhat larger but grading 
into the granules of the arm; on the outer side near the elbow a group 
of: postbrachials poorly differentiated from the granules of the arm; 
under side of the thighs covered with seven or eight series of plates 
in the mid-region, the outer series considerably larger than the others; 
nineteen femoral pores; on the under side of the tibia three rows of 
plates, the second and third scale of the outer row considerably en- 
larged; upper side of the wrist granular; outer toe extending a little 
further than the inner; tail covered with straight scales with keels; 
about forty-two scales in the fifteenth ring from the base. 
- Coloration: — General tonality dark olive-gray; six narrow whitish 
stripes and part of a seventh, running the length of the back; the space 
between the two innermost stripes the lightest, and that between the 
two outermost on each side the darkest — almost black; beneath 
the lowest stripe on the flanks a series of pale bluish spots arranged 
somewhat in longitudinal rows; ventral surface straw-color washed 
laterally with light blue-gray. 
Variation: — The female and young are similar to the adult male 
except that their colors are brighter and the pattern is more distinct. 
Remarks:— The description was made of an adult male that 
measured one hundred and eighteen millimeters from snout to vent. 
Habitat:— Widely distributed throughout San Domingo and Haiti, 
but peculiar to the island. 
List of specimens examined. 
No. of 
M.C. Z.  speci- 
No. . mens Ages Sexes Locality Date Collector Remarks 
8614-19 6 all both Manneville, Haiti 1913 W.M. Mann _ Descrip. 
8634-44 11 all both Momance, Haiti 1913 W.M. Mann 
AMEIVA MAYNARDI Garman. 
Description:— Adult male; Typz M. C. Z. 6225. Great Inagua, 
Bahamas; 1888; C. J. Maynard. 
Rostral forming about a right angle behind; nostril on posterior 
part of anterior nasal; anterior pair of nasals broadly in contact; 
frontonasal wider than long in contact with the loreal; prefrontals 
broadly in contact; frontal in contact with the first three supraoculars; 
a pair of frontoparietals in contact with the third and fourth supra- 
oculars; five large occipitals in a transverse row, the median slightly 
the largest; seven supraciliaries; four supraoculars the first in contact 
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