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Show 1897.] LIZARDS OP THE GENUS SCELOPORUS. B. Two canthal shields. 503 o. d- Jalapa. Hoege (1) , p. d• S. Mexico. Godman(l) q. c?. „ „ (2) r. 2- .- ,. (1) s. 2- .. - (i) ut.. dd-. Guat„e mala. Sal,,vi nG ()1 ) v. 9. „ „ (1) w. d- Irazu, Costa Rica (2) x. 9- ,, ,, (2) v. 9. „ ,, (2) 1. 85 97 65 96 89 89 80 76 68 68 62 2. 17 19 14 18 17 18 16 15 14 13 13 3. 19 21 15 20 19 20 18 17 16 15 15 4. 18 20 14 18 17 18 16 15 14 14 14 5. 24 27 18 25 25 25 24 23 18 20 19 6. 38 45 35 45 43 37 37 39 33 35 33 7. 8 9 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8. 42 44 42 46 45 44 42 44 42 38 40 9. 12-12 12-11 15-16 14-13 12-13 11-13 13-14 14-16 16-16 15-13 14-13 (1) Referred by Giinther to S. salvini. (2) Referred by Giinther to 8. irazuensis. Green or olive above, dorsal scales often with a lighter central spot; series of blackish spots sometimes present on the back. Males with a black collar, which may be confined to the throat and sides (specs, a-n, q, w-y), or extend, continuous (specs, o, r) or interrupted (specs, p, s-v), across the nape ; throat dark blue ; breast blue or whitish, sometimes black; belly entirely dark blue or divided by a median yellowish-white, black-edged stripe. Females with a black bar in front of the shoulder, which may extend across the nape but not across tbe throat; lower parts yellowish white, throat often bluish green. Hah. Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Eica. Eecorded by Bocourt from Tehuantepec and Colima in Mexico, Solola, Totoni-capam, Quezaltenengo, and the Alta Vera Paz in Guatemala. 16. SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS. Agama undulata (Bosc), Daudin, Hist. Eept. iii. p. 384 (1802); Harlan, Med. Phys. Ees. p. 140 (1835). Lacerta hyaclnthlna, Green, Journ. Ac. Philad. i. 1818, p. 349. Lacerta fasciata, Green, 1. c. Uromastyx undulatus, Merrem, Tent. p. 57 (1820). Tropidolepls undulatus, Gray, Griff. A.K. ix. Syn. p. 43(1831) Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. iv. p. 298 (1837) ; Holbr. N. Am. Herp. ii. p. 73, pl. ix. (1842); Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 208 (1845). Sceloporus undulatus, Fitzing. Syst. Eept. p. 75 (1843); Girard, U.S. Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 379, pl. xix. figs. 15-21 (1858); Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Eept. p. 195, pl. xviii. bis, fig. 11 (1874); Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. xxii. 1885, p. 395 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. ii. p. 227 (1885); Giinth. Biol. C.-Am., Eept. p. 67 (1890); H. Garni. Bull. Illin. Lab. iii. 1892, p. 250; Hay, Batr. Eept. Indiana, p. 132 (1893). Sceloporus ihayerii, Baird & Gir. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1852, p. 127. |