. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE HERPETOLOGY OF HISPANIOLA 157 barely in contact with the supraorbital semicircles; no conspicuoulsy enlarged preoccipital; supraocular disk composed of six large, smooth, polygonal scales, separated from the semicircle by a row of scales reduced in size but not granular; one or two fairly large shields bor- dering the inner anterior edge of the superciliary, and separated from the supraocular disk by small scales; the scales in front of the supraocular disk all small but not granular; true granular scales behind the supraocular disk; can
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE HERPETOLOGY OF HISPANIOLA 157 barely in contact with the supraorbital semicircles; no conspicuoulsy enlarged preoccipital; supraocular disk composed of six large, smooth, polygonal scales, separated from the semicircle by a row of scales reduced in size but not granular; one or two fairly large shields bor- dering the inner anterior edge of the superciliary, and separated from the supraocular disk by small scales; the scales in front of the supraocular disk all small but not granular; true granular scales behind the supraocular disk; can thus rostralis only moderately developed, the four enlarged scales that distinguish it distinctly keeled, projecting only slightly over the loreal region; superciliary ridge completely continuous with the scales of the canthus rostralis, composed of one very elongate and sharply keeled scale followed by a double series of small but differentiated tubercular scales, the. Figure 52.—Anolis distichus caudalis: a, Top of head; b, side of head; c, middorsal scales; d, side of tail. No. 76801, type, from En Cafe, Gonave Island. Three times natural size. anterior of which are separated from the supraocular disk by three or four rows of granules; loreal rows four; subocular semicircle keeled, broadly in contact with the upper labials; supralabials eight, the sixth directly below the center of the eye, the last two very small; temporal granules somewhat smaller than the median dorsals, with a double series of small scales forming the supratemporal line; back and sides covered with granules, the dorsals a little larger and flatter, the laterals smaller and more tubercular; median dorsals only slightly larger than the rest of the dorsal granules; ventrals small, smooth, scarcely imbricate posteriorly, hexagonal, longer than broad; throat covered with small flat granules; forelegs covered with small smooth granules, about three series on the anterior face of the lower arm being
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