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BULLETIN 58, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



very long and under the eye; temporals small, strongly keeled; a long, 

 narrow shield along the anterior half of the outer edge of the jiarietal; 

 lower labials very long and narrow; four pairs of su))nnindihulars, or 

 chin-shields, increasing in size posteriorly, anterior two pairs entirely in 

 contact with each other, the. third pair ])osteriorly separated by a small, 

 elongated scale; upper surface of body covered with strongly carina ted 

 scales, 28-30 across the middle of the body, those on the back larger, 

 about five corresponding to three ventral plates, gradually merging into 



the laterals, of wliich seven to 

 eight corresjxmd to three ven- 

 trals; scales on upper neck 

 about the size of smallest lat- 

 erals ; scales on upper surface 

 of limbs large, keeled, larger 

 than largest dorsals, those on 

 forearm being smooth and 

 forming broad transverse 

 plates ; gular scales large gran- 

 ules posteriorly, gradually be- 

 coming larger and keeled to- 

 ward the collar, 26 in a series 

 on the median line between 

 third pair of chin-shields and 

 collar; scales on collar large, 

 ]:>ointed, keeled, the median 

 pair largest; six rows of ven- 

 tral plates, median famtl}^ 

 keeled, outer row strongly so, 

 24 on the median line from col- 

 lar to preanal plate; preanal 

 ])late large, with two minute 

 plates on each side ; two ingui- 

 nal pores on each side ; limbs 

 very long and slender, with 

 very long digits, the longest 

 toe of hind leg stretched for- 

 ward, reaching the shoulder 

 joint; tail more than three and 

 a third times as long as head and body together, swollen at base, 

 covered above and below with strongly keeled scales, which are twice 

 as long as the largest dorsals. Color (in alcohol) bluish slate (prob- 

 ably greenish m life), throat paler; a black line from nostril through 

 middle of eye to center of ear-opening; a pale (probably yellowish) 

 line, below this from nostril through lower eyelid to lower edge of ear- 

 opening, and a dusky line, less distinct, bordering the pale line below 

 from middle of subocular labial to under ear. 



Figs. 199-202.— Takydeomus dorsalis. 2 x nat. size. 



199, TOP OF head; 200, UNDERSIDE OF HEAD; 201, MID- 

 DLE OF back; 202, inguinal region. No. 341ti2, 



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