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very long; .six lower labials (seven on left side) in contact with ante- 
rior chin-shields, which arc slightly shorter than posterior; scales in 23 
rows, smooth except three median rows which are feebly keeled; two 
apical pits; ventral.s 199, distinctly angular laterally; 
anal entire, siibcaudals 111 pairs. Black above, each 
scale with a yellowish spot, without forming any 
stripes or definite pattern; throat and anterior third 
of under side white (in alcohol) with a narrow l)lack 
edge on each side of the ventrals from about the 
thirty-eighth ventral, these black edges becoming 
broader posteriorly, so as to finally occupy the whole 
of the ventrals with the exception of 
two pale lateral spots; head above 
black, each plate with a few yellowish 
spots; supralabials yellowish (white 
in alcohol), the black of the sides of the head invading 
the upper edge angularly, but vertical sutures not 
blackened. 
Total length, 1,085 mm.; 
tail, 270 mm. 
RemarJiS. — PJirynonaxlyoni 
appears to be allied to P. 
(juentheri, from Mexico, from 
which it differs chiefly in the 
fewer supralabials and the longer parietals. The coloration is quite 
similar, black with 3^ellow spots, but there are no regular longitudinal 
stripes on the body or on the tail, and the sutures of the supralabials 
Fig. 8.— Phrynonax 
LYONI, X 1. 
Fig. y.— Fhkynonax lyuni 
X 1. 
Fig. 10.— Phryno- 
nax LYONI, X 1. 
are not marked with black. 
List of specimens. 
U.S.N.M. 
No. 
Collector's 
No. 
Locality. 
When col- 
lected. 
Scales. 
Ventrals. 
Anal. 
Siibcau- 
dal.s. 
27826 
38 
Macuto 
Aug. 4,1900 
23 
199 
1 
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List of specimens. 
U.S.N.M. 
No. 
Collector'.s 
No. 
Locality. 
When col- 
lected. 
Scales. 
Ventrals. 
Anal. 
Siibcau- 
dals. 
22535 
27822 
A7 
37 
La Guaira 
June 22, 1895 
Aug. 2,1900 
17 
182 
1/i 
106/106 
Color of No. 22535 given by Captain Robinson as brownish with 
obscure lighter stripes; iris reddish brown. Shot on edge of acequia. 
