Liolaemus occipitalis

A single half-grown specimen from near the city of Bio Grande.

Near L. multimaculatus (D. & B.). Snout short, rounded; nostril superior, above the canthus rostralis; tympanum hardly as large as the eye-opening, without dcnticulation anteriorly; upper head-scales smooth; an enlarged oblique scale on each side of the forehead; a series of transverselyenlarged supraoculars; occipital larger than the tympanum; six or seven upper labials, separated from the infraorbital by two series of scales. Sides of neck strongly plicate. Dorsal scales small, smaller than ventrals, as large as gulars, strongly keeled, not mucronate; lateral scales smaller, smooth; ventrals smooth, obtusely pointed. The adpressed hind limb reaches the tympanum; no enlarged postfemoral scales. Tail slightly depressed, a little longer than head and body. Grey above; a series of darker spots on each side of the vertebral line; two darker bands on each side from axilla to groin, separated by a white streak; lower surfaces uniform white.

Well distinguished from L. multimaculatus by the larger occipital and the larger dorsal scales.