3. ANOLIS. 4l 
from axilla to groin; frequently a series of large oval or rhomboidal 
darker spots on each side of the back; lower surfaces whitish, with 
metallic gloss. 
Total length .......... 160 millim. 
Heads: a3 a enemies cs py ae 
Width of head ........ Th. <3, 
Body xete inna ee-ca seats 43, 
Fore limb ............ yer 
Hind limb............ 44, 
UDI: se sesame a se 14s, 
Tall. sp evienacd tw dices essa 100 ,, 
zuela. 
a-b. 3. Cuba. W.S. MacLeay, Esq. [P.]. 
ad. Cuba. 
ao. Bluetields, Jamaica. P. H. Gosse, Esq. [P.]. (Type 
of Draconura catenata.) 
e-g SQ. W. Indies. (Types of A. ordinatus.) 
h. Oo. Yzabal. 
i,k. 3. Honduras. 
Lp. SQ. Half Moon Cay, Belize 
coast. 
gr. 3. Caracas. 
22. Anolis vermiculatus. 
Anolius vermiculatus, Gray, Cat. p. 204. 
Anolis vermiculatus, Dwn. § Bibr. iv. p. 128; Coct.in R. de la 
Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Rept. p. 120, pl. x.; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., 
Rept. pl. xv. fig. 7. 
Ptychonotus (Deiroptyx) vermiculatus, Fvtzing. Syst. Rept. p. 66. 
Head rather large, twice as long as broad, longer than the tibia ; 
forehead not concave, occiput concave in the male; upper head- 
scales small, rugose ; scales of the supraorbital semicircles enlarged, 
separated by one or two series of scales; median supraocular scales 
very feebly enlarged; occipital smaller than the ear-opening, 
separated from the supraorbitals by four series of scales; canthus 
rostralis prominent, canthal scales five or six ; seven or eight labials 
to below the centre of the eye; ear-opening large, vertically oval. 
Gular appendage scarcely indicated; a strong, angular, transverse 
gular fold; gular scales keeled. Body compressed ; a slight nuchal 
fold. Dorsal scales small, oval, granular, keeled, smaller on the 
flanks, a little enlarged on the vertebral region ; ventral scales small, 
larger than dorsals, feebly imbricate, strongly keeled. Limbs long ; 
the adpressed hind limb reaches the anterior border of the orbit ; digits 
rather feebly dilated ; twenty-eight to thirty lamelle under phalanges 
um. and ut. of the fourth toe. Tail strongly compressed, with feebly 
serrated upper edge, at least twice as long as head and body. Male 
with enlarged postanal scales. Olive above, the back and neck 
handsomely reticulated with black ; lower surfaces pale olive-brown. 
