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HELLER 



imbricate, sharply keeled scales, larger than the dorsals and much 

 larger than the granular scales of the posterior surfaces ; phalanges 

 superiorly with a median series of large multicarinate scales ; third and 

 fourth phalanges of fourth toe with seventeen lamellae inferiorly ; 

 penultimate phalanx of each toe dilated. Extended fore limb reach- 

 ing midway between nostril and eye ; appressed hind limb reaching 

 anterior border of eye. Tail long, cylindrical, length twice head and 

 body. 



Coloratiott ifi Life. — Above olive-brown with transverse mot- 

 tlings of darker brown, limbs and tail barred with the same; sides 

 with a bright green longitudinal stripe beginning below ear, running 

 obliquely above shoulder to thigh, bordered above and below by dark 

 brown stripes equal in width to light stripe ; another narrower stripe 

 similar in coloration commencing above ear and extending obliquely 

 to above shoulders. Belly and chin whitish ; limbs, groins and tail 

 inferiorly light olive with faint dusky blotches ; gular-sac orange, 

 finely white-spotted. Iris black with a narrow golden ring bordering 

 the pupil; eyelids edged with golden. 



Variations. — Rows of scales between supraorbitals two or three, 

 between occipital and supraorbitals three or four ; loreals in five or six 

 vertical rows before eye; supralabials six or seven before middle of 

 pupil; transverse lamellae on inferior surfaces of second and third 

 phalanges of fourth toe seventeen to nineteen. Coloration on upper 

 parts varying from light to dark olive, the lateral stripes varying con- 

 siderably in extent and intensity ; whole lower surface of some speci- 

 mens olivaceous, only the mandible whitish. 



MEASUREMENTS OF AlloHs tOWnsendi. ALL ADULT. 



'Percentages of length of head and body. 

 * Percentages of length of bead, snout to ear. 



