122 IGUANID. 
Upper surface of body brownish or olive, spotted with black, or 
with two wavy blackish lateral bands, edged beneath with white ; 
belly white or yellow ashy. 
Brazil. 
13. ANISOLEPIS. 
Anisolepis, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (5) xvi. 1885, p. 85. 
Tympanum distinct. Body cylindrical; no dorso-nuchal crest. 
Dorsal lepidosis heterogeneous, keeled; ventral scales large and 
keeled. Head-scales small. A strong transverse gular fold ; no 
gular sac. Digits subcylindrical, with smooth lamelle inferiorly. 
No femoral pores. Tail long, round. Lateral teeth tricuspid; no 
pterygoid teeth. No sternal fontanelle. Abdominal ribs. 
Southern Brazil. 
1. Anisolepis iheringii. (Prats IX. fig. 3.) 
Anisolepis iheringii, Bouleng. J. c. p. 86. 
Head small, body elongate. Nostril lateral, near the end of the 
snout; ear-opening moderately large, oval. Upper head-scales 
small and smooth, smallest on the supraocular region; occipital 
enlarged, suboval, about as large as the tympanum ; upper labials 
eight, very low. Gular scales granular and keeled medially, larger 
and smooth anteriorly, gradually larger, rhomboidal, imbricate, and 
strongly keeled towards the gular fold, which is strong and straight. 
Median dorsal scales larger, irregular, imbricate, strongly keeled, 
the largest forming one or two indistinct longitudinal series on each 
side of the vertebral line ; dorso-lateral scales very small, granular, 
keeled, unequal, intermixed with irregularly scattered enlarged 
scales. Ventral scales much larger than dorsals, equal, rhomboidal, 
imbricate, strongly keeled, the keels forming straight longitudinal 
series. The adpressed hind limb reaches the axilla or the shoulder. 
Tail more than twice as long as head and body, covered with equal 
keeled scales. Olive-brown above, with a series of triangular dark 
brown spots on each side of the vertebral line, forming a zigzag 
band ; this is bordered externally with yellowish or reddish ; the 
triangular spots may send forth narrow dark brown lines obliquely 
directed posteriorly down the sides; lower surfaces yellowish or 
coppery, the throat with a few blackish dots or longitudinal lines ; 
tail above with a series of rhomboidal, dark, light-edged spots. 
Total length .......... 245 millim. 
Head .............04. 15 45 
Width of head ........ TO” ogy 
Body i. gn ete mig eyes 54 OC, 
Fore limb ............ Qs 
Hind limb ............ 41 ,, 
Pail 20 3.e oawledeney 176, 
Southern Brazil. 
a-b. 9. 8. Lorenzo, Rio Grande do Sul. Dr. H. vy. Ihering [C.]. 
(Types.) 
