22 . IGUANIDE, 
of triangular erect scales. Dorsal scales large, flat, smooth, sub- 
oval, separated by fine granules, slightly larger on the flanks ; 
ventral scales much smaller than dorsals, subhexagonal, imbricate, 
smooth. Limbs moderately long; the adpressed hind limb reaches the 
temple; digital expansions well developed ; forty-four to forty-six 
lamell under phalanges 1. and 111. of the fourth toe. Tail strongly 
compressed, with serrated upper edge, its length nearly twice that of 
head and body. Male with enlarged postanal scales. Bright blue- 
green above, pale green inferiorly: upper surface of head yellow or 
brown ; a whitish band above the fore limb; gular appendage pink. 
Total length .......... 460 millim, 
1S Cie Gomer erent ere 5D: 4 
Width of head ........ Bl ss 
Body: gaan ae thene dae 105, 
Forelimb ............ 67 5; 
Hind. limb. 4.2 saws 106s, 
TDA: 2910. oncaeid aceteee 33 C,, 
Path: sca ur aise dae ntecats 300, 
Cuba, Jamaica. 
a o. Cuba. W.S. MacLeay, Esq. [P.]. 
bu oS. Cuba. 
Ce Ps — 
2. Anolis ricordii. 
Xiphosurus ricordii, Gray, Cat. p. 197. 
Anolis ricordii, Dum. § Bibr. iv. p. 167. 
Ctenonotus (Semiurus) ricordii, Fitsing. Syst. Rept. p. 64. 
Eupristis baleatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1864, p, 168. 
Xiphosurus ricordii, O’Shaughn. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) xv. 1875, 
p. 271. 
Head large, once and two thirds to once and three fourths as long 
as broad, much longer than the tibia; forehead slightly concave, a 
deeper concavity behind the interorbital region; anterior part of 
head covered with large, irregular, rough, bony tubercles; scales of 
the supraorbital semicircles also rough and tubercular, separated by 
three longitudinal rows of small tubercles ; supraocular scales small, 
the larger ones keeled ; occipital indistinct ; canthus rostralis pro- 
minent, canthal scales four, tubercular; loreal rows six or seven ; 
ten upper labials to below the centre of the eye; ear-opening small, 
vertically oval. Gular appendage very large in.both sexes, extend- 
ing posteriorly beyond the thorax, entirely covered with granules ; 
gular scales obtusely keeled. Body strongly compressed, with a 
crest of small erect spines, highest on the nape; this crest more de- 
veloped in the male than in the female; dorsal and lateral scales 
small, roundish or oval, keeled, juxtaposed or separated by minute 
granules ; ventral scales slightly smaller, smooth or obtusely keeled, 
subimbricate. Limbs moderately elongate; the adpressed hind 
