5. TROPIDODACTYLUS. 97 
body. ‘Under surfaces yellowish, unspotted. Above, the ground 
colour is golden olivaceous in the males, in the female golden 
brown. There is a light median dorsal line extending to the sacral 
region ; another similar one extends from the superior posterior 
part of the orbit upon the anterior part of the tail, and a third from 
the posterior superior labials, through the tympanic orifice, upon the 
base of the tail. The superior lateral band is bordered above by a 
deep brown band.” Length to vent 27 millim. 
Cuba. 
a, Q. Cuba. Prof. Peters [P.]. 
5. TROPIDODACTYLUS. 
Tympanum distinct. Body compressed, covered with imbricate 
scales. No dorsal crest. Male with a large, non-inflatable, folding 
gular appendage. No transverse gular fold. Digits cylindrical, 
with pluricarinate lamelle inferiorly. No femoral or preanal pores. 
Tail long, cylindrical. Lateral tecth tricuspid; pterygoids toothed. 
No sternal fontanelle. Abdominal ribs. 
Venezuela and West Indies. 
1. Tropidodactylus onca, (Puzare VI. fig. 2.) 
Norops onca, O’Shaughn. Ann. § Mag, N. H, (4) xv. 1875, p. 280. 
Head about once and two thirds as long as broad, longer than the 
tibia ; snout acuminate, canthus rostralis very short; upper head- 
scales subequal, pluricarinate ; occipital slightly enlarged, not larger 
than the ear-opening ; eleven or twelve labials to below the centre 
of the eye; ear-opening vertically elliptic. Gular appendage very 
large ; gular scales keeled. Dorsal scales subhexagonal, subimbri- 
cate, strongly keeled, not quite as large as ventrals, much larger than 
laterals ; ventrals rhomboidal, imbricate, strongly keeled. The ad- 
pressed hind limb reaches the posterior border of the orbit. Tail 
not twice as long as head and body, covered with subequal keeled 
scales. Yellowish brown above, spotted or marbled with dark brown; 
a series of more or less defined dark rhomboidal spots with lighter 
centre along each side of the back; a dark cross band between the 
eyes; the skin of the gular appendage blackish. 
Total length ........ 213 millim. 
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Width of head ...... 13.—CO«, 
BOGy! icc eu wed eae goa 53s, 
Fore limb .......... 36, 
Hind limb .......... 56 Cis 
PADI Ay 36a ete eis 1% 
ED eI: | ee asa cokes aia ois 138 —C,, 
Venezuela ; Dominica. 
ao. Venezuela. 
b. : : Dominica, Ciypes) 
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