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O CC AS IO NA L PA P E R S O F T H E M U SE U M O FZOOLOGY

U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I C HIG A N

ANN ARBOR MICFIIGAN PUBLISHEDY THE UNIVERSITY

A N W SPE CIES O F ANADIA FROM THE SANTA

MARTA MOUNTAINS COLOMBIA

A small collection of reptiles and amphibians recently re-ceived from Mr. M. A. Carriker J r . contains a single speci-men of an apparently undescribed Anadia taken at 7 000 feetin the Santa Marta Mountains Colombia. No other speciesof lizard has been talren at such a high altitude at the western

end of the range by M r Carrilcer or the expeditions of theUniversity of Michigan.

Anadia pulchella new species

Diag n o s i s I-lead depressed snout pointed limbs well de-veloped supraoculars three body scales in 4 1 longitudinal and4 3 transverse rows; nostril in an undivided nasal plate; sixfemoral pores.

Ty p e S p e ci nt e n Cat. No. 63333 Museum of Zoology Uni-versity of Michigan La Cumbrc Hacienda Vista Nieve SantaMarta Mountains Colombia alt itude 7 000 feet October1925; M. A. Carriker Jr. collector.

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University of Illiclliga~z

Descr ip tion of T y p e Xpec im en : Head depressed; snoutpointed; body rather elongate. Nostril in a n undivided nasal;frontonasal pentagonal; a pair of prefrontals forming a shortsutu re frontal hexagonal broad a pair of pre fronta ls fivelarge parietals; a transverse row of occipitals the smallestcentral followed by a transverse row of enlarged dorsals;three supraocnlars the first the largest the second the small-es t; a loreal ; a frenoorbital; a row of suborbita ls; temporalregion with enlarged scales; chin-shields one ante rior an dfo ur pairs the anterior two pairs in contact; gular scalesqnadrate subeqnal; collar scales nine enlarged. Body scalessmooth forming uninte rrupted transverse series the dorsalsabout three-fourths to one-half as wide as long slightly hes-agonal; the laterals a little smaller th an the dorsals quad-rangular anteriorly more oval in the region of the groin;ventrals quadr angul ar slightly shorter tha n the dorsals;

about 4 scales around the middle of the body an d 43 fromocciput to base of tail. Preanal plates in two rows the an-terior composed of six the posterior of eight scales. Limbsra th er well developed covered with large scales except onthe posterior side of the thigh and the lower surface of thefore-limbs. Six femoral pores on each side. Tai l long an dthick covered with sub-equal smooth elongate quadra tescales arr anged in transverse rows. Color above ligh t olivewith deep brown markings; on the back the brown is in theform of nar row transverse bands inte rrnpted on the medianline while on the tai l i t forms two rows of spots. The tra ns-verse bands may be continued on the sides or they may befused with or replaced by irregular brown areas tend ing tobe prolonged longitudinally. On the sides ar e numerous palespots which are better defined in a single row on each side ofthe tail . There is a brown band on each side of the headand neck from the end of the snout to the fore limb below

which the labial region and the neck are pale yellow; theyellow area is defined as a stripe on the neck by a row ofsmall dark spots below. Ventr al surface pale greenish yellowwith numerous small dark spots mostly arranged in two rows.

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Occasional Pa pe rs of th e CIuseum of Zo olo gy

mm. mm.Le ng th of head. 14.5 Le ngt h of snou t 5.75Leng th of head and body 53 Len gth of fore limb 13En d of snout to fore limb 2 Length of hind limb 2

The total length cannot be given as the tail is reproduced and thebody is somewhat twisted. t should also be noted that fo r the latterreason the measurement of th e body is probably not exact.

R e m a r k s : This species differs from the described forms inth e number of supraoculars and in the number of scale rows.It is apparently closer to A rh o m h i f e r a than to the otherspecies.

The single specimen was found in a bromeliad plant.

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