564 8. TEHDJE 



low middle of eye. Anterior gulars quite large, and ab- 

 ruptly separated from the smaller posterior granules. 

 Scales on collar very large, largest on its edge. Ventral 

 plates in eight longitudinal and about 28 to 30 transverse 

 rows. Back and sides covered with small, smooth, equal- 

 sized granules. Tail somewhat flattened at base, covered 

 with whorls of diagonally keeled scales. Lower caudals 

 smooth proximally. Hind limb as long as distance be- 

 tween anus and front of collar. Ear-opening large, with- 

 out denticulation. Fourteen to 18 femoral pores on each 

 thigh. 



The plates on the head are pale olive. There is one 

 longitudinal wood-brown or gray line along the middle of 

 the back forked anteriorly for from three to 1 6 millimeters. 

 This line may be much darker in color than the two light 

 lateral lines. The upper of these lateral lines arises on the 

 superciliary plates and is continued for some distance on the 

 tail. The lower originates on the posterior nasal plate and 

 ends on the thigh. A light stripe on the back of the thigh 

 is continued along the tail. The ground color of the back 

 and sides of the body and neck is dark brown with many 

 black granules, especially along the edges of the light lines. 

 Many specimens have rufous granules on the sides. The 

 limbs are grayish olive above. There is a light stripe along 

 the back of the thigh. The tail is light olive, unicolor 

 distally but proximally showing continuations of the body- 

 stripes. The end of the tail is bright blue in the young. 

 The lower surfaces are bluish or yellowish white more or 

 less suffused with orange-chrome, especially on the gular 

 region and tail. This suffusion may involve the entire 

 lower surface. 



