574- 8. TEIID& 



ered with whorls of diagonally keeled scales. Lower cau- 

 dals smooth. Hind limb as long as distance between anus 

 and front of collar. Ear-opening large, without denticula- 

 tion. Fourteen to 20 femoral pores on each thigh. 



The plates on the head are pale olive. There is a single 

 narrow longitudinal light line along the middle of the back, 

 usually forked on the nape for a distance of from one to 1 2 

 millimeters. On the sides are two bluish or yellowish light 

 longitudinal lines. The upper of these lateral lines arises on 

 the superciliary plates and rarely is continued for some dis- 

 tance on the base of the tail. The lower originates on the 

 posterior nasal plate and ends on or at the thigh. A light 

 stripe on the back of the thigh, continued along the tail, is 

 sometimes present. All of these longitudinal lines are bluish 

 gray, often more or less washed with yellow or red. The 

 ground color of the back and sides of the body is reddish 

 brown, rarely blackish, the red being bright cinnamon or brick 

 red between the lateral lines and usually between the mid- 

 dorsal and upper lateral lines. The light lines are narrowly 

 edged with black. The upper surfaces of the limbs are 

 olive, brown, or bluish gray, unicolor or rarely with longi- 

 tudinal lines on the hind limb. The base of the tail is olive, 

 brown or gray, with little or no indication of longitudinal 

 stripes. The distal portion of the tail is blue. All the 

 lower surfaces are blue, brightest on the throat, body and 

 tail 5 more or less of the limbs, tail, and rarely the body and 

 throat being yellowish white. 



