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dark stripe; ventral surface pale with dark spots, more distinct on the 

 throat; tail colored like the body but lighter. 



Paratyp€s.—M.C.Z. Nos. 44375 and 44376 and U.S.N.M. Nos. 

 107563 and 107564, all with the same data as the type. 



Variations. — The measurements of the paratypes are shown in 

 table 46. 



The dorsal coloration in all is the same as that of the type. The 

 smallest paratypes are glaucous blue ventrally, with faint darker 

 mottlings. The length of the hindleg is between 25 and 28 percent of 

 the total length in these individuals. 



Figure 69. — Celestus darlingtoni: a, Top of head; b, profile of head; c, chin. U.S.N.M. No. 

 107563, paratype, from Valle Nuevo, southeast of Constanza, Dominican Republic. 

 Three times natural size. 



Table 46. — Variations in four paratypes of Celestus darlingtoni (measurements 



in millimeters) 



Measurement 



Head length 



Head width 



Head and body 



Tail 



Foreleg 



Hindleg 



Dorsal scales 



Ventral scales .- 



Scale rows around body 



Supraoculars 



Subdigital lamellae, fourth toe 



U.S.N.M. 

 No. 107563 



13 



10 



63 



44 (repr.) 



13.5 



18 



81 



54 



38 



5 



16-15 



U.S.N.M. 



No. 107564 



(juv.) 



7 

 42 

 45 



8 

 11 

 81 

 58 

 37 



5 

 13-13 



Genus SAURESIA Gray 



1852. Sauresia Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, vol. 10, p. 281 (type, S. 



sepsoides) . 

 1863. Embryopus Weinland, Abh. Senck. Naturf. Ges., vol. 4, pt. 2, p. 135 (type, 



E. habichii). 



