450 BULLETIN: MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 
List of specimens examined. 
No. of 
M. Gi 2: ae 
No. mens Ages Sexes Locality Date Collector Remarks 
10375-8 4. all both : coe 1914 G.K.Noble Deserip. 
6091 gains ele ee Passer litte meat 1881 F. Lagois 
Christopher 
6092 Ta. alk? bow 1879 S. Garman 
AMEIVA ERYTHROPS Cope. 
Careful search at the Philadelphia Academy has failed to reveal 
the types of this species and they are beyond doubt lost. A new 
description of this form so closely related to, yet seemingly distinct 
from A. erythrocephala would have been very desirable. The following 
is derived from the original description (Cope, Proc. Acad. nat. sci. 
Phila.,'1871; p. 221). 
Description:— Four supraorbitals; nine supraciliaries; five infra- 
labials separated by a few intermedials from posterior labials; seven 
rows of larger gular scales extending entirely across the throat; three 
larger series on gular fold which has several rows of granules near 
margin; abdominal plates 12-14 series; brachials small in four rows; 
postbrachials small; antebrachials large, two rows hexagonal, one trans- 
verse; preanal scales two large median with a single row of one or two 
in front; small scales occur in some specimens behind the posterior 
two; outer hind toe a little longer than inner. 
Coloration:— Color brownish olive, with a broad greenish band 
extending on each side of the back beginning on the nape, above the 
ear. In young specimens these bands are bright. Another less dis- 
tinct band extends along the side from above axilla to groin. Between 
these and the dorsals, and across the back are transverse black reticu- 
lations. Belly greenish, the color appearing as spots on the outer 
scales. Thorax and edge of sides of fold black; throat bright yellow; 
sides of head red; upper surface brown; limbs olive with black reticu- 
lations. | 
Remarks:— Cope’s description was made in part from an adult 
that measured one hundred and twenty-six millimeters from snout to 
vent. 
It has been pointed out by both Garman and Barbour that this form 
-is closely related to A. erythrocephala but until fresh specimens are 
examined it will be impossible to state how close this relationship 
really is. There are apparently no specimens of this species in any 
museum. It was from St. Eustatius. 
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