. Breviora. BREVIORA No. 186 1961. Risque near Miragoanc MCZ 66080-85, L. Whiteman coll. 1961. Diagnosis. Head length in adult male about 33 per cent of snout-vent length. Male coloration distinctive. (Head brown. Nape vermiculate, lighter on darker brown. Dorsum brown anteriorly, greenish posteriorly, without transverse saddles or other markings. Flank stripe extending to groin bordered above by intense black and below at sides of belly by black vermicula- tion. Belly bluish.). Figure 1. Anolis hendersoni hendersoni, MCZ 59949. Lateral and dorsal views. N. Strekalovsky del. Color in life. Ali


. Breviora. BREVIORA No. 186 1961. Risque near Miragoanc MCZ 66080-85, L. Whiteman coll. 1961. Diagnosis. Head length in adult male about 33 per cent of snout-vent length. Male coloration distinctive. (Head brown. Nape vermiculate, lighter on darker brown. Dorsum brown anteriorly, greenish posteriorly, without transverse saddles or other markings. Flank stripe extending to groin bordered above by intense black and below at sides of belly by black vermicula- tion. Belly bluish.). Figure 1. Anolis hendersoni hendersoni, MCZ 59949. Lateral and dorsal views. N. Strekalovsky del. Color in life. Alive, hendersoni is quite spectacularly beautiful — especially the male. The differences between the two sexes are best shown by a tabular comparison of the descriptions of two specimens. I add a few remarks on color variation. $ from below Kenskoff Head brown and anterior back brown merging into green at sacral region. 9 from Boutillier Eoad Head, nape and center of back dark brown, head somewhat mottled. The central dorsal area bordered by a cream line with an irregular bound- ary. Nape with vermiculation behind interparietal which is white. Nape without vermiculation. parietal white. Inter-. 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 Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. , Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University


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