52 IGUANID. 
38. Anolis schiedii. 
Dactyloa schiedii, Wiegm. Herp. Mex. p. 48. 
Anolis gibbiceps, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1864, p. 174. 
—— schiedii, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 64, pl. xiv. fig. 19. 
Head once and two thirds to once and three fourths as long as 
broad, slightly longer than the tibia ; forehead concave, frontal 
ridges obsolete; upper head-scales keeled; supraorbital semicircles 
separated from each other by two or three, and from the occipital 
by three to five series of scales ; ten to fourteen enlarged, keeled 
supraocular scales ; occipital small, smaller than the ear-opeping; 
canthus rostralis short, canthal scales two ; loreal rows seven to 
nine; seven labials to below the centre of the eye; ear-opening 
rather large, vertically oval. Gular appendage large, present also, 
but less developed, in the female ; gular scales obtusely keeled. 
Body short, not compressed ; no dorso-nuchal fold. Dorsal scales 
very small, rhomboidal, keeled, hardly larger than the laterals, 
which are granular and rugulose ;_ventrals small, larger than dorsals, 
rounded, imbricate, smooth. The adpressed hind limb reaches 
nearly the end of the snout ; digital dilatations not much developed ; 
sixteen to eighteen lamelle under phalanges 1. and m1. of the 
fourth toe. Tail subcylindrical, nearly twice as long as head and 
body, covered with equal keeled scales. No enlarged postanal scales. 
Coppery above, uniform ; sometimes with darker spots, or a light 
vertebral line in the female; lower surfaces whitish with metallic 
gloss. 
From snout to vent .... 49 millim. 
RCA: aay aie ce eine wee WD 43 
Width of head ........ De 55 
Fore amb 3. cece ine ces 24, 
Hind limb ............ 46, 
DIG: cite aay PA wa ae 135 ,, 
Central America; Venezuela. 
a. Q. Caraccas. (Type of A. gibbiceps.) 
39. Anolis polylepis. 
Anolis polylepis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1873, p. 738. 
Near A. schiedii and A. limifrons. Supraorbital semicircles 
separated by three or four series of scales ; loreal rows nine. Median 
dorsal scales keeled, smaller than the ventrals, and a little larger 
than the granular laterals; ventrals smooth. Tail compressed 
especially in the male, with a vertebral series of enlarged scales. 
Otherwise as in A. schiedt. A brown band between the e 8 ; 
females with a light festooned vertebral band, widening ine 
scapular region and extending to the eyes; males with a light 
nuchal marking and small dorsa] spots or transverse markings 
Chiriqui. 
