. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CROCODILIANS, LIZARD8, AND SNAKES. 233 Our single species is easily identified by the following- characters: Plates on head conspicuously carinated. Interorbital ridges con- tinued between the nostrils to the end of snout. Nostrils more superior than lateral. Pallets distinct. I )orsal and lateral scales all very small, the former gradually a little the largcii; much smaller than the ventral. Obscure green /. carolinensia. ANOLIS CAROLINENS
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CROCODILIANS, LIZARD8, AND SNAKES. 233 Our single species is easily identified by the following- characters: Plates on head conspicuously carinated. Interorbital ridges con- tinued between the nostrils to the end of snout. Nostrils more superior than lateral. Pallets distinct. I )orsal and lateral scales all very small, the former gradually a little the largcii; much smaller than the ventral. Obscure green /. carolinensia. ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS Cuvier. Anoliti aarolineniiis Cuviek, Regue Animal, I, 1817, p. 43; 2d ed., II, 1829, p. 50.— DuMKRiL and Bnmox, Erp. Gi'U., IV, 1837, p. 121.—Uumkkil, Cat. Coll. Rept. 1,1851, p. 57.—HOLBROOK, N. Amer. Herp., II, 18-12, p. 67, pi. viii.—Cocteau, in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Rept., 1843, p. 125, pi. xi.—Hallowell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, p. 232.—Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mas., II, 1885, p. 43,—Catesby, Nat, Hist. Carol., II, p. 55, pi. lxv. ? Lacerta 'principalis , Syst. Nat., I, p. 360. Anolis bullaris Daudin, part, Rept., IV, 1802, p. 69. Anolis porcatits Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., V, 1840, p. 112.—Gray, Cat. Spec Liz. Coll. Brit. Mu8., 1845, p. 201. AiioUiiH porcatus Gray, Cat. Liz., 1845, p. 201. Anolius principalis Gray, Cat. Liz., p. 202. Dactyloa (Ctenocercus) carolinensis Fitzin(;er, Syst. Rept., 1843, p. 68. Anolis principalis Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept., pi. xv, tig. 1.—Siiufeldt, Amer. Nat., XVII, 1883, p. Fig. 16. Anolis cakolinknsis Cuvier. Collection of E. D. Cope. Head lengthened, narrow, roughened above, and resembling that of an alligator. Two conspicuous crests of large angular plates, sepa- rated by two other rows, bordering the supraorbital space behind and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearanc
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