. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE HERPETOLOGY OF HISPANIOLA 293 of snout to center of eye); laterals similar but smaller. Ventral plates in eight longitudinal series bounded by two very small external series, and in thirty-five transverse series; brachials and ante-brachials well separated, four wide strap-like scales across the fore-arm; post- brachials present as about four pairs of somewhat enlarged scales at the elbow, only slightly larger than the granular scales on the back; femoral pores 16 and 18; anterior face of thigh covered with six or seven rows of flat scal
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE HERPETOLOGY OF HISPANIOLA 293 of snout to center of eye); laterals similar but smaller. Ventral plates in eight longitudinal series bounded by two very small external series, and in thirty-five transverse series; brachials and ante-brachials well separated, four wide strap-like scales across the fore-arm; post- brachials present as about four pairs of somewhat enlarged scales at the elbow, only slightly larger than the granular scales on the back; femoral pores 16 and 18; anterior face of thigh covered with six or seven rows of flat scales; two tibial rows, the external row composed of four scales, of which the second and third are much larger than the. Figure 81.—Ameiva barbouri: a, Top of head; b, chin and throat; c, side of head. No. 25537, type, from La Source, Gonave Island, Haiti. Twice natural size. others; no enlarged postanals; a pair of enlarged plates at the anterior border of the anus and two single median scales in front of them, the anterior the smaller; twenty-two scales in the fifteenth verticil of the tail. The hind leg being adpressed, the fourth toe reaches to the anterior edge of the tympanum. Hands and feet long and slender; the small "combs" very evident on the toes; fourth toe with thirty-seven lamellae beneath it, fifth toe longer than first. Tail exceedingly long, almost three times the length of the head and body together, and somewhat noticeably depressed in its proximal third; the scales obliquely set, very weakly keeled above, quite smooth on the side and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S.
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