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37. Anolis ortonii. 
Anolis ortonii, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 97. 
cynocephalus, Bocowt, Nouv. Arch. Mus, vi. 1870, Bull. p. 13, 
and Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. pl. xiv. fig. 7. 
bouvieri, Bocourt, Miss, Sc, Mev., Rept. p. 58, pl. xiv. fig. 8; 
O'Shaughn, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xv. 1875, p. 274, and Proe. 
Zool. Soc, 1881, p. 248. 
Head moderate, once and three fourths as long as broad, longer 
than the tibia ; forehead concave, no frontal ridges ; upper head-scales 
small, smooth; scales of the supraorbital semicircles enlarged, in 
contact medially, or separated by one series of scales; six to ten 
enlarged, smooth supraocular scales, separated from the supra- 
orbitals by one series of granules; occipital much larger than the 
ear-opening, separated from the supraorbitals by one or two series 
of scales; canthus rostralis feebly marked, canthal scales four or 
five; loreal rows four or five; six to eight labials to below the 
centre of the eye; ear-opening small, oval. Gular appendage 
large, with rows of widely distant scales, indicated in the female ; 
gular scales smooth. Body not or but slightly compressed; no 
dorso-nuchal fold. Dorsal and lateral scales very small, granular, 
scarcely larger on the vertebral region ; ventral scales larger, small, 
round, juxtaposed, smooth. The adpressed hind limb reaches the 
ear or slightly beyond; digital expansions moderate; eighteen 
lamelle under phalanges 1. and mr. of the fourth toe. Tail 
slightly compressed, covered with strongly keeled scales, in the male 
with a very slightly serrated upper edge; its length not twice that 
of head and body. No enlarged postanal scales.. Brown or grey 
above, with coppery or greenish metallic gloss, with rather ill-defined 
darker spots or variegations, sometimes forming chevron-shaped 
marks on the back, the most distinct of which is on the sacrum; 
lips spotted; throat sometimes black ; belly whitish, with metallic 
gloss. 
Total length .......... 137 millim, 
Head. sis 2cs ay ween se ve 14, 
Width of head ........ Bg 
Body: ge ia teen odie 228s 36 C«y, 
Fore limb ............ 23s; 
Hind limb ............ 35 oy, 
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