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Show 500 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE [May 18 14. SCELOPORUS LICKI. Sceloporus licki, Van Denburgh, Proc. Cal. Ac. (2) v. 1895, p. 110, pl. x. Head-shields smooth ; frontal transversely divided, in contact with the interparietal; latter as long as broad or a little broader than long, broader than the parietals; a series of four large transverse supraoculars bordered inwards by an incomplete series of scales, the last two supraoculars being in contact with the interparietal and paidetal; one or two series of scales between the large supraoculars and the supraciliaries; one or two canthal scales ; four or five pointed scales, much longer than broad, form a denticulation on the anterior border of the ear. Dorsal scales much larger than ventrals, as long as broad, strongly keeled, very strongly mucronate and denticulate, the keels forming parallel longitudinal lines ; 32-38 scales between the interparietal shield and the base of the tail; 7-9 (exceptionally 6 or 10) scales correspond to the length of the shielded part of the head. Lateral scales graduating into dorsals and ventrals, strongly keeled, pointing upwards and backwards. Ventral scales small, smooth, bi- or tricuspid. 36-38 scales round the middle of the body. The adpressed hind limb reaches the ear, or between the ear and the eye ; tibia longer than the shielded part of the head ; the distance between the base of the fifth toe and the extremity of the fourth equals the distance between the end of the snout and the collar-fold. 14-16 femoral pores on each side. Caudal scales as large as dorsals, strongly keeled and mucronate. Males wdth enlarged postanal scales. d. d. d. d- S. San Lazaro. Eisen & Vaslit... Miraflores. Eisen & Vaslit 1. 71 69 65 70 2. 14 14 13 13 3. 16 15 15 15 4. 18 16 16 16 5. 20 19 19 18 6. 35 35 33 36 7. 8 7 7 7 8. 38 36 36 36 9. 15-16 14-14 15-14 14-14 The following description of the colours is taken from fresh specimens by M r . V a n Denburgh :- " Back and sides olive-brown, m a n y of the scales having central markings of deep blue or green ; a narrow line of verdigris-green runs along each side from the eye to the base of the tail; below this, a narrower similarly-coloured line runs from the ear to a point a short distance above and behind the axilla. A patch in front of the shoulder, the central part of the belly, and the anterior and lowrer surfaces of the thigh black, which colour gradually fades into the cyanine blue of the sides of the belly; throat olive-grey, with greenish-white lines, which converge to a point midway between the neck-patches. Tail brown, suffused with campanula-blue and beryl-green towards its base. One male has a single large blue patch on the throat, through which the ordinarily whitish lines show as lines of paler blue." |