92 IGUANIDE. 
Head short, shorter than the tibia; forehead slightly concave ; 
upper head-scales small, keeled; occipital larger than the ear- 
opening, which is round. A small gular appendage. Body slightly 
compressed; no dorso-nuchal fold. Dorsal scales subhexagonal, 
juxtaposed, smooth, the two vertebral series slightly larger ; ventral 
scales larger than dorsal, rhomboidal, strongly keeled. The ad- 
pressed hind limb reaches beyond the tip of the snout; digits very 
feebly dilated. Tail rounded, more than twice as long as head and 
body. Greyish above, with metallic gloss; posterior part of the 
body with oblique brown cross bands; sides of the head and neck 
marbled with brown; limbs and tail with brown cross bands ; 
lower surfaces greenish white. 
Total length .......... 108 millim. 
Heid us.av ewes eee ees 18, 
Body scs0s eehe eee eels Sh 55 
Fore limb ............ 32 4s 
lind ama 4 cp aia era eaieare 57, 
Tail 3 vga cee wear ars 125, 
Surinam. 
102. Anolis leptoscelis. (Pratz V. fig. 3.) 
Draconura nitens, (non Wagl.) O’Shaughn. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (4) 
xv. 1875, p. 277. 
Head small, about once and two thirds as long as broad, as long 
as the tibia; snout short, swollen between the nostrils ; forehead 
and interorbital region concave; no frontal ridges; upper head- 
scales yery small, strongly keeled; scales of the supraorbital 
semicircles enlarged, separated by two or three series of scales; 
numerous enlarged, keeled supraocular scales ; occipital smaller than 
the ear-opening, separated from the supraorbitals by two or three 
series of scales; canthus rostralis short; loreal series six or 
seven ; seven or eight upper labials to below the centre of the 
eye; ear-opening large, vertically oval. Gular appendage very 
small; gular scales obtusely keeled. Body not compressed ; no dorso- 
nuchal fold. Dorsal scales very small, subrhomboidal, juxtaposed, 
feebly keeled, two vertebral series somewhat more enlarged, gradu- 
ating into the minute granules of the flanks; ventral scales larger, 
also small, irregular hexagonal, imbricate, feebly keeled. Limbs 
long and slender; the adpressed hind limb reaches the tip of the 
snout; digital expansions very narrow; sixteen lamelle under 
phalanges 11. and mr. of the fourth toe. Tail cylindrical, twice 
as long as head and body, without dorsal series of enlarged scales. 
Male with enlarged postanal scales. Upper surfaces brownish or 
greenish, back with small darker spots; a broad brown band from 
the eye to the side of the body; an angular transverse brown band 
between the eyes ; limbs with regular, narrow, oblique, light, dark- 
edged cross bands; belly whitish; throat brown; one or two 
whitish lines across the chin. 
