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anterior, nearly twice as wide as liigh, in contact with second, tliird, 

 and foiirtli supralal)ials (on left side only with second and third), 

 anterior loreal, and npper preocular, but not with prefrontal; upper 

 preocular greatly elongated, extending along the entire upper edge 

 of the posterior loreal so as to enter into broad contact with the 

 anterior loreal; frontal much longer than parietals, longer than its 

 distance from tip of snout, anteriorly somewhat wider than behind, 

 in contact with three supraoculars, the sutures with first and third 

 being very small ; four supraocidars, first smallest, third very narrow, 

 second unusually large; fronto-parietals larger than interparietal, 

 slightly larger than prefrontals; interparietal pointed, behind sepa- 

 rating the parietals which are ct)inparatively short, much shorter 

 than frontal; 2 pairs of nuchals; seven supralabials, fifth under the 

 eye, seventh longest, but very low behind; two temporals in first 

 row, lower much the larger j two temporals in second row, the upper 

 rather narrow and elongated with parallel edges, the lower much 

 larger, wedge-shaped with the apex forward; two scales between 

 seventh supralabial and ear-opening, which is bordered anteriorly by 

 three small lobules; mental small, followed by two unpaired post- 

 mentals, the anterior narrow, with parallel edges, the posterior 

 larger, pentagonal; 7 lower labials; 24 smooth scales around the 

 middle of the body, laterals not appreciably smaller; a pair of large 

 preanal })lates; lengtli of hind leg contained two and two-thirds times 

 in distance from snout to vent; the adpressetl limbs overlap by about 

 the length of the fingers; sole of hind foot granular, with two series of 

 enlarged tubercles from heel to base of third and fourth toes; tail 

 with a median series of transverse plates underneath. Color (in alco- 

 hol) above pale clay-color, with a network of brownish black color, 

 each scale being marked with the dark and the light color in sucli a 

 way as to bring out a median dorsal and on each side a dorso-lateral 

 pale black-edged stripe; flanks and sides of neck similar!}'' colored, 

 but with about three irregidar series of whitish spots instead of 

 stripes; head above pale clay-color, with traces of tlie pale dorso- 

 lateral stripe from supraoculars backwards, each shield outlined pos- 

 teriorly or superiorly with blackish brown; underside uniform whitish. 



Uinimsions.^ 



mm. 



Snout to vent '^- 



Snout to ear-opening 14. 5 



Greatest width of h(>a(l 10.5 



Axilla to groin -58 



Fore leg ,. 18. 5 



Hind leg 27 



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" Tail mi8>sing. 

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