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Excerpt from On West Indian Iguanid, and on West Indian Scincid, Vol. 19: In the Collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass;, U. S. A This notice contains a list of the species of Iguanidre at present represented in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Cambridge, Mass., with localities and notes, and with descriptions of such as are new or little known. It includes a tolerable proportion of all the species hitherto recognized as belonging to this region, together with quite a number that do not appear to have been described. The list was prepared some years ago, but, owing to uncertainty in regard to some of the species discovered in the early part of the century, the types being inaccessible and the descriptions insufficient, it was laid aside until it might be put into more satisfactory shape. The splendid catalogues of Doctor Boulenger, recently published, have made it possible to identify with confidence many species which previously were, in the absence of typical specimens, only conjectural. The Doctor's classification has been followed pretty closely in the main; the departures made are principally due to differences of opinion concerning names adopted or the relative rank of certain forms. In answer to objections that may be urged against bringing varieties as prominently forward as is usual with species, it may be said that the nature of the case seems to demand it; abrupt separation and isolation on the different islands and consequent absence of gradual shading of the varieties, one into another, appear to entitle them to more prominence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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