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24. Anolis carolinensis. 
Anolius poreatus, Gray, Cat. p. 201. 
principalis, Gray, 2. c. p, 202. 
Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carol. ii. p. 55, pl. Ixv. 
? Lacerta principalis, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 360. 
Anolis bullaris, part., Daud. Rept. iv. p. 69. 
carolinensis, Dum. § Bibr. iv. p. 121; Holbr. N. Am. Herp. 
ii. p. 67, pl. vili.; Cocteau, in R. dela Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Rept. 
p. 125, pl. xi.; Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1856, p. 282. 
oreatus, Gray, Ann. §& Mag. N. H. v. 1840, p. 112. 
Dactyloa (Ctenocercus) carolinensis, Fitsing. Syst. Rept. p. 68. 
Anolis principalis, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. pl. xv. fig. 1; 
Shufeldt, Am. Nat. 1883, p. 919. 
Head once and two.thirds to once and three fourths as long as 
broad, much longer than the tibia; in the adult male the head 
very large, with very strong and prominent frontal ridges, converging 
anteriorly, and canthi rostrales, and slightly concave occiput, the 
head-scales large and rough, and the nostrils turned entirely upwards ; 
the head moderate in the female, with strongly striated scales ; scales 
of the supraorbital semicircles separated by one or two series of 
scales; six to eleven enlarged supraocular scales, separated from 
the supraorbitals by ene series of smaller scales; occipital as large 
as the ear-opening, separated from the supraorbitals by one or two 
series of scales ; canthal scales four; loreal rows three to five; six 
to nine labials to below the centre of the eye; ear-opening small, 
roundish subtriangular. Gular appendage moderately large, scarcely 
indicated in the female ; gular scales keeled or striated. Body not 
compressed; no dorso-nuchal fold. Dorsal and ventral scales 
equal, keeled, roundish-hexagonal, juxtaposed or subimbricate ; 
lateral scales a little smaller, round. Limbs short; the adpressed 
hind limb reaches the shoulder or the ear; digital expansions well 
developed ; twenty-two to twenty-seven lamellee under phalanges 11. 
and 111. of the fourth toe. Tail round, with a dorsal series of slightly 
enlarged scales ; its length nearly twice that of head and body. Male 
with enlarged postanal scales. Green above, head brownish ; body 
and limbs frequently dotted or reticulated with black ; sometimes a 
light vertebral band, and a large blue ocellus above the axil; lower 
surfaces greenish white, uniform or speckled with blackish. 
&: 2. 
Total length .......... 116 140 millim. 
Head? sede we wet 26 16, 
Width of head ........ 15 9 4, 
Body™, -eisecwe yuk tees 45 34, 
Fore limb ........... 26 20. ,, 
Hind limb .......... 43 31s, 
TU et ghd sincere a ees ak es 13 10.—*,, 
RAT) #17; teres a iite tances 145 90s, 
8.E. United States ; Cuba. 
