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Art. III. — Contributions to South American Herjpetology. 

 By Edward Hallowell, M.D. 



STENODACTYLUS, Fitzinger. 

 Gen. char. — Fingers cylindrical, pointed at the end, with denticulated edges, and 

 granulated inferiorly. (Dum. et Bib.) 



Stenodactylus fuscus, noh. 



&p. char. — Of a dark brown color, or lighter, with numerous black spots ; below 

 light yellow; no femoral or anal pores; five plates along the margin of the lower jaw 

 on each side ; granulations of back small, uniform. 



Dimensions. — Length of head and body, li to 1£ inch; tail mutilated. 



Habitat. — Nicaragua. Numerous specimens. 



MICROPHIS. 



Char. — Head of moderate size, short, depressed in the middle, covered with nine 

 plates; snout rounded; nostrils between the nasal and anterior frontal plates; a 

 frenal ; one antocular ; two posterior oculars ; seven superior labials, the eye resting 

 on the third and fourth ; eyes of moderate size, pupil round ; supraciliary plate not 

 projecting over the eye ; tail of moderate length. 



MlCROPHIS QUINQUELINIATUS, nob. PI. III. 



Sp. Char.— Head, body and tail, above, ash color ; five dark blue stripes extending 

 from the occiput to the base of the tail, the three intermediate ones broader than the 

 lateral; the other stripes prolonged upon the tail, the middle one to near its extremity; 

 17 rows of smooth quadrangular scales; 170 abdom. scuta; two bifid preabdom.; 33 

 subcaudal. 



Dimensions. — Length of head 6-8ths inch ; breadth posteriorly 4-8ths inch ; length 

 of body 17 inches ; of tail 2 inches 5-8ths ; circumference 1 inch 3-8ths ; total length 

 1 foot 8 inches 3-8ths. 



Habitat. — Honduras, South America. Two specimens presented to the museum of 

 the Academy, by Dr. "Woodhouse. 



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