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HOLOTYPE.--No. 23800, Morehouse Finca, 5 miles southwest of Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; July 21, 1947.

~Ameiva festiva occidentalis~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 38:264, fig. 66, December 20, 1956.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 40545-40548, 40553-40558, Agua Buena, Cañas Gordas, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; July 25-26, 1954. Nos. 40549 and 40550, 15 kilometers west-southwest of San Isidro del General, San José Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; August 2, 1954.

~Anadia metallica arborea~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 37:542, fig. 13, October 15, 1955.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 34225, Las Flores, Tenoria de Las Cañas, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica; John Baker and Edward H. Taylor; August 22, 1952.

~Anadia metallica attenuata~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 37:537, fig. 12, October 15, 1955.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 34223, Pacuare, Río Pacuare, Cartago Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; August 17, 1951.

PARATYPES.--No. 34224, Moravia de Chirripó, Cartago Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; June 26, 1952.

~Anolis achilles~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 38:153, fig. 43, December 20, 1956.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 40634, La Palma, San José Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; June 20, 1954.

~Anolis allisoni~ Barbour, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 10:58, July 26, 1928.

PARATYPE.--No. 47167, Coxen Hole, Ruatan Island, Honduras; Thomas Barbour; 1928.

NOTE.--Received in exchange; formerly this specimen was Museum of Comparative Zoology No. 26737.

~Anolis aquaticus~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 38:141, fig. 39, December 20, 1956.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 34276, Palmar, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica; John Baker; September 3, 1952.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 34277 and 34278, Golfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; September 3, 1952.

~Anolis biscutiger~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 38:81, fig. 19, December 20, 1956.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 40771, Golfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor, September 4-8, 1952.

PARATYPES.--No. 40764, 10-15 kilometers west-southwest of San Isidro del General, San José Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; July 10, 1952. Nos. 40766 and 40768, Palmar, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica; John Baker and Edward H. Taylor; September 2, 1952. Nos. 40769, 40770, 40772-40774, data same as holotype.

NOTES.--Taylor (1956:81) erroneously listed 40769, 40770, 40772-40774 as being from Palmar, instead of Golfito; paratypes 40765 and 40767 have been exchanged with the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

~Anolis humilis marsupialis~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 38:97, fig. 23, December 20, 1956.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 40893, 15 kilometers west-southwest of San Isidro del General, San José Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; July 14, 1952.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 40889, 40890, 40892, 40895 and 40896, data same as on holotype.

NOTE.--Paratypes 40891 and 40894 listed by Taylor (1956:97) have been exchanged with the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

~Anolis nelsoni~ Barbour, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard, 44:287, March, 1914.

PARATYPE.--No. 47168, Swan Island, Honduras; George Nelson; March, 1912.

NOTE.--Received in exchange from the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

~Anolis woodi attenuatus~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 38:118, fig. 32, December 20, 1956.

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