1]. TUPINAMBI8s,—¥Y. DRACRNA, 337 
a,b,c. 3, 9, & her. Brazil. 
d. Her. Brazil. Sir E, Belcher [P.}. 
e. Ye. Rio Janeiro. Mrs. Fry [P.]. 
I-g. Ye. Rio Grande do Sul. Dr, v. Lhering [C.}. 
h,i, k,l. Ad. & hgr, 8. America, 
stuffed. 
m. 3, Skeleton. S. America. 
3. Tupinambis nigropunctatus. 
Teius nigropunctatus, Gray, Cat. p. 16. 
Tupinambis nigropunctatus, Spex, Spec. Nov. Lacert. Bras. p. 13, 
1. Xx. 
Giunien nigropunctatus, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 153, 
Salvator nigropunctatus, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 20; Guichen. in Casteln. 
Amér. Sud, Rept. p. 31. 
Podinema nigropunctatum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1877, p. 414. 
Differs from 7. teguixin in the following points :—A single loreal. 
A few large plates bordering the temple superiorly. Constantly a 
single undivided anterior chin-shield. All the scales larger, espe- 
cially those on the gular and preanal regions; the dorsal scales 
hexagonal ; about thirty longitudinal and as many transverse series 
of ventral plates. About ten femoral pores on each side. Coloration 
rather similar to that of 7. teguivin, but no cross bands on the 
belly, which is uniform or black-spotted; head with large black 
spots above. 
Guianas; Brazil; Eastern Peru. 
G8. Demerara. Col. Sabine [P.). 
b-c. Yg. Demerara, 
d. Skin. Better Hope, Brit. Guiana. Rey. W. Turner [O.]. 
e. Yg. Berbice. 
fj. Her. Brazil. Lord Stuart [P.]. 
g. Ye. Brazil, T. Bell, Esq. | P.]. 
h. Ye. Sarayacu, Peru. Messrs. Veitch (P.}. 
a. Ye. Pampa del Sacramento. Messrs. Veitch [P. ]. 
k,l, m,n-o,p-u. 6, §S. America. 
her., & yg. ji 
v. Ad., stuffed. S. America. . 
2. DRACENA. 
Draceena, Daud. Rept. ii, p. 421. 
Teius, part., Merr. Tent. Syst. Amph. p. 60. 
Thorictis, Wayler, Syst. Amph. p. 153; Wiegm. Herp. Mex. p. 8; 
Dum. & Bibr. v. p. 61. 
Ada, part., Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 28. 
Ada, Gray, Cat, Liz. p. 25, 
Tongue long, not distinctly sheathed, slightly widened, but not 
emarginate posteriorly. Lateral teeth very large, molar-like, with 
rounded crowns. Head with large regular shields; anterior nasal 
in contact with ita fellow; nostril pierced in the suture between 
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