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frontonasal; nasal large, lo/eujj^e shaped, undivided, and pierced about 

 the middle by tlie nostril; frontonasal rather large, [jcntagonal, in con- 

 tact with rostral, nasals, first loreals prefrontals and frontal; pre- 

 frontals not in contact; frontal long, very narrow behind, in contact 

 with frontonasal and with lirst and second supraoculars; four supra- 

 oculars, second, third, and fourth in contact with frontoparietal; eight 

 supraciliaries; frontoparietals separate, and also separated (on one 

 side only in this individual) from interjjarietal, the length of the latter 

 and frontoparietals together being slightly less than that of the frontal ; 

 parietals large, bioadly in contact behind interparietal; three ])airs of 

 transversely enlarged nuclials; two loreals, one behind the other, second 

 slightly larger than tirst, and followed by two preoculars one above 

 the other; seven supralabials, fifth under center of eye and entering 

 orbit, fifth and sixth largest; lower eyelid with a large transparent 

 disk; ear opening nearly as large as eye, the borders without project- 

 ing knobs or lobules; mental followed by a single unpaired postmental ; 

 six narrow infralabials; twenty-six smooth scale-rows around middle 

 of body, those on back gradually increasing in size toward the median 

 line; the two scales bordering anal o})ening anteriorly greatly enlarged; 

 toes underneath with regular scales like those on top; a few of the 

 scales under the tail transversely enlarged but no regular series of 

 such s(;ales. 



Color above glossy clay-colored, ])aler on tail, and with a paler band 

 on the two median scale rows extending down the back; this pale 

 median band is bordered on either side by an almost (-ontinuous line 

 of dark brown si)ots; sides of, head dark brown, whi(;h color is con- 

 tinued over the ear and forelegs down the sides of the body and tail 

 as a dark band irregularly dotted with pale spots; similar pale spots 

 on each of the labials; on the occiput a very conspicuous white spot 

 covering the posterior angle of the interi)arietal, the i)arietal and tirst 

 nuchal sutures, posteriorly continuous with the pale median dorsal 

 baud and, like the latter, broadly bordered with dark brown ; legs above 

 brown densely dotted with whitish spots; lower surface whitish with 

 irregular dull brownish marblmgs mostly confined to the edges of the 

 scales, and hence with a tendency to form longitudinal lines. 



JHmensions. — Total length, 80 mm.; snout to vent, '^S mm.; vent to 

 tip of tail, 42 mm.; snout to ear opening, !> mm.; greatest width of 

 head, 5.5 mm. ; axilla to groin, 19 mm. ; fore limb, 12 mm. ; hind limb, 

 15 mm. 



Yariation. — The other specimens from Hawaii show but little devia- 

 tion from the above description. In No. 23447, U.S.N.M., the inter- 

 parietal is entirely separated from both frontoparietals; ear-opening is 

 somewhat larger; and there is a decided tendency toward a regular 

 median series of transversely enlarged scales under the tail; the color- 

 ation is more decided and better contrasted but otherwise identical. 



