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40. Anolis tropidolepis. 
Head once and two thirds to once and three fourths as long as 
broad, slightly longer than the tibia; forehead concave, no frontal 
ridges ; upper head-scales very small, strongly uni- or tricarinate ; 
scales of the supraorbital semicircles scarcely enlarged, separated 
by three to five series of scales; six to twelve enlarged, strongly 
keeled supraocular scales; occipital small, smaller than the ear- 
opening, separated from the supraorbitals by three to five series of 
scales; canthus rostralis angular, canthal scales four; loreal rows 
seven to nine; seven or eight labials to below the centre of the eye ; 
ear-opening rather large, vertically oval. Gular appendage very 
small, absent in the female; gular scales keeled. Body feebly com- 
pressed in the male; no dorso-nuchal fold. Dorsal and lateral scales 
very small, granular, keeled, those on the vertebral region slightly 
larger, strongly keeled; ventrals small, larger than dorsals, rounded, 
imbricate, keeled. The adpressed hind limb reaches nearly the end 
of the snout; digital dilatations feebly developed; thirteen or 
fourteen lamellae under phalanges 1. and 11. of the fourth toe. 
Tail cylindrical, slightly compressed in the male, covered with sub- 
equal keeled scales. No enlarged postanal scales. Brownish or 
greenish above, with metallic gloss, with or without small darker 
spots ; an angular dark cross band between the eyes, and frequently 
a V-shaped dark band from the orbits to the nape; males with a 
very broad dark band from the eye to the side of the body ; female 
frequently with a light, dark-edged vertebral band ; lower surfaces 
yellowish or greenish, with metallic gloss. 
Total length .......... 164 millim. 
ead i5 ce Asrateeda lack aos we 15-36 
Width of head ........ Ou a3 
Body i-0- teeta aa ee 39 ogy 
Fore lim) «ucigee cass 23 yy 
Hind limb............ 42, 
Tibia: .sttaaerese teas 13, 
Tail! cstcheaeer ar wnes TIO? 35 
Costa Rica. 
a, Many specs. dQ. = Ivazu. F. D. Godman, Esq. [P.]. 
41. Anolis pulchripes. 
Anolis pulchripes, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1873, p. 739. 
Head a little longer than the tibia; supraorbital semicircles 
separated by one series of scales; twelve to fourteen enlarged supra- 
oculars, arranged in three or four longitudinal rows, the two 
anterior scales of the inner row most enlarged ; occipital smaller 
than the ear-opening, separated from the supraorbitals by two or 
three series of scales; loreal rows five; nine upper labials; ear- 
