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t'llOXDKOTIS TEXANIIS Mattlics. 



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.%il„mtui(lin Ir.nnin. Mattings, All,!;i'iii. .hiilscii.- natnili. /.•iliiiiR, I, IH.Vi, p. 'ififi. 

 .tnihlHsloiiHi hj-ainin, liair.l. I". S. Mcx. ISdiiiMl. 8iirv., ii, I.Vi)f., -"■'. I'l. :<•"., fly;. If.; 

 Cope, Pn>c. Ac. I'liila.. ' \i).'.'(M: Sliaiicli, Salaiii., j). <m ; IJonlciigrr, Cat. Hat-r. 

 (irad. liril. Miis.,((l.ii. .'. ji. r>0. 

 The (U'seriptioii <»t' this spcc-ios is taken from si)eciiiuMis uliich iiro 

 not fully j^rowii. Tiic proportions iirc, liowcver, inucli llioso of llic (!. 

 viicnKstowus at tlic saiin' a^ijc. This, with the Iarj;c nunilu'r of costal 

 ^Moovcs, ivndors it alMi(»st (joitain that the fiill-srown individuals are 

 imich like those of the latter species, and very probably of near the 

 same si/e. 



Skin ever;s .. Iiere <piite smooth ; no traces of pores on the head or paro- 

 toid lejiion in many sjx'ciinens. Costal folds fonrteen, distinct ; head 

 folds slightly marked, the {,ndar sli<>]it. A mediali dorsal <rroove. 



Mead oxal, rather tiattened ami broad; canthns rostralis somewhat 

 marked. Month lar<;e ; (ianthns behind eye, anterior canthns of latter 

 markiii;^' middU' of mar^^in. Nostril a little neai'cr eye fissnre than 

 length of latter, jtrobably eipial in older specimens. Width between 

 anterior canthns of eyi^ double len.yth of tissure; external separated 

 by one leng;th of same, which is less than the distance between inner 

 nares. 



Ton.^ne small, as in other yoiui}.', l)ut not fissured or grooved, as in 

 tliose of the two jircceding species. Talatire teeth tbrming an arched 

 seiies between nares. extendinji' to their anterior border, and not bej'ond 

 the'r inner bordu' in the lateral direction. From their i-esemlance to 

 thrse of .1. mirrostomion of the same ajic 1 susj)ect they are similar 

 ir. old individuals. 



Ijody rather slender ; width of head at Jaws four times in total length 

 to yroin. and .7."» len^tb to ynlar fold. Tail short, longer when older, 

 ('(jual from its basis to axilla. Limbs moderately stout ; digits elongate; 

 third and fourth toes nearly e(pial then lifth, second, first, l-'ingera 

 3,2, 1,1. 



Above, light brown, with a series of light spots along upp<'r part of 

 sides; these are small, ami one is between each pair of costal folds. 

 Sides and belly yellow. 



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