BARBOUR AND NOBLE: LIZARDS OF THE GENUS AMEIvVA. 451 
AMEIVA PLUVIANOTATA Garman. 
Description:— Adult male; Type M. C. Z. 6086; Plymouth, 
Montserrat, B. W. I.; 1879; S. Garman. 
Rostral forming about a right angle behind; nostril in the posterior 
border of anterior nasal; anterior pair of nasals just in contact behind 
rostral; frontonasal longer than wide in contact with the loreal; 
frontal in contact with the first, second, and third supraoculars; a 
pair of frontoparietals separated from the third and fourth supraoculars 
by one to four rows of granules; occipitals irregular, median largest, 
a group of five or six scales on each side of it, the outermost somewhat 
larger than the others; eight supraciliaries, last four small; four supra- 
oculars, the first separated from the loreal; three posterior supra- 
oculars separated from the supraciliaries by a single row of granules; 
last supraocular separated from the outer occipitals by four rows of 
granules; six and seven supralabials; six infralabials; between infra- 
labials and chin-shields a wedge of one or two rows of granules extend- 
ing anteriorly to the first chin-shields; chin and throat covered with 
minute granules, an indistinct band of larger ones extending across 
the middle, the median ones largest, two other groups on either side 
not quite as large as these; on the area between the two throat folds 
a transverse series of enlarged scales, the median row much larger 
than the others; under side of the body with fourteen longitudinal and 
thirty-six transverse rows of plates; preanal plates, consisting of three 
median scales, the posterior largest and followed by two granules, 
also a transverse series decreasing in size from the median“pair; on 
the lower arm three rows of scales, the outer very broad and low; 
on the upper arm three or four rows of small brachials, medials largest, 
others grading into the granules of the arm; on the posterior side near 
the elbow joint a small group of slightly enlarged postbrachials; under 
side of thigh covered distally with five, proximally with ten or twelve 
rows of scales, outer row slightly larger than the others; thirty-one 
and thirty-three femoral pores; on the under side of the tibia five rows 
of scales, outermost much larger than the others; upper side of the 
wrist with a regular series of transverse plates covering the outer 
margin only; outer toe extending about as far as the inner; tail 
covered with straight keeled scales; about thirty-nine scales in the 
fifteenth ring from the base. 
Coloration:— Ground tone of dorsal surface dirt-brown, grayer 
posteriorly; upper surface of thighs, sides of tail very slightly spotted 
with blue-gray; ventral surface straw-color, smoky on the throat, 
chest and upper abdomen; the straw-color carried up as a few odd spots 
on the sides of the head and thighs. 
