. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 304 BULLETIN 17 7, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM "Detailed Description.—Type: A. No. 42145, female. Collected at Monte Cristy, D. R., January 8, 1930, by W. G. Hassler, "Snout short; a small postnasal present; anterior loreal making a narrow contact with the first labial; supranasal in contact behind the rostral; frontonasal broader than long, making contact with the anterior angle of the frontal; prefrontals barely separated by the frontonasal; frontal about one-fifth longer than the frontoparietals; about the same length a
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 304 BULLETIN 17 7, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM "Detailed Description.—Type: A. No. 42145, female. Collected at Monte Cristy, D. R., January 8, 1930, by W. G. Hassler, "Snout short; a small postnasal present; anterior loreal making a narrow contact with the first labial; supranasal in contact behind the rostral; frontonasal broader than long, making contact with the anterior angle of the frontal; prefrontals barely separated by the frontonasal; frontal about one-fifth longer than the frontoparietals; about the same length as a parietal, in contact with the second supra- ocular only; four supraoculars, second one-half agam as large as any of the others; four superciliaries, second as long as the third and fourth combmed; a pair of frontoparietals, about the same length as an interparietal; parietals in contact behind the latter; one pair of nuchals; four supralabials anterior to the suboculars; one or two sub- oculars followed by a supralabial which is larger than the anterior supralabials and slightly higher than the suboculars. Ear opening. b ' c Figure 86.—Mabuya lineolata: a, Top of head; b, profile of head; c, chin. No. 51766, paratype, from Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic. Twice natural size. ovoid, a trifle smaller than the diameter of the transparent plate in the lower eyelid, its greatest diameter about equal to length of the scales covering the side of the body. Dorsal scales smooth; 26 scales around the middle of the body, laterals a little smaller than the others. When the legs are pressed against the body the hind leg fails to meet the anterior leg by a distance greater than the total length of the hind limb; subdigital lamellae smooth; tail regenerated, nevertheless slightly longer than the head and body length. "Dorsal surface of the head, body and tail (in alcohol) striped, a ground tone of gray divided on the dorsal surface by ten conspicuous stripes of dark brown, the t
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