138 CLASS REPTILIA. 



There are some which have a crest upon the 

 tail supported by the spinous processes of the verte- 

 brae, as in the istiuri and basilisks * 



The Great Crested Anolis. (^An, T^elifer, Cuv.) 



A foot long ; a crest on one half of the tail sup- 

 ported by a dozen or fifteen rays. The gular appen- 

 dage extends under the belly. The colour is a 

 blackish ashen blue. 



Its habitat is Jamaica and the other Antilles. 

 We have found berries in its stomach. 



The small Crested Anolis. {Lac Bimaculata, Sparrm.) 



One half smaller than the preceding; some kind 

 of crest, of a greenish colour, picked out with brown 

 towards the muzzle and on the flanks — of North 

 America and the different Antilles. 



An. Equestris. Merr. 



Fawn-colour, shaded with ashen lilac ; a white band 

 over the shoulder. The tail is too fleshy to permit 

 the apophyses of the crest to be distinguished. This 

 reptile is a foot long. 



Others have the tail round or only a little corn- 

 describes appears to be the Anolis Roquet of Lacep. {Lac. Bullaris, Gm.) 

 which in truth was sent from Martinique to our Museum under the name 

 of Anolis. M. Moreau de Jonnes has even authenticated that at the present 

 day this is the only name under which it is known. 



* They have been confounded one with another, and with some of the 

 subsequent species under the name of Lac. Principalis and Limaculata. L. 



