1G2 BULLETIN 31, UNITED STATES NATIONAL Ml'SEUM. 



riicii* I'i ; imiov tao and Joint distinct, otlior toes well developed, cylindric; 

 width head 5 to(> times, and h-nj^th liead to axilhi, "2.5 to 3 limes, to gri>in ; 

 tail yeneially more eloufjato ; bhiek ; sides, tail, and often back, gray 



varied; larger *'• lepioaiix. 



PlicH) 11 ; inner too not distinct; otiier toes very sliort, margined ; width of 

 liead li, to axilla, 1.3 to groin ; tail short; black, unspotted ; medium. 



S. repliulicHg. 

 II. Vomerine teeth not continued posteriorly to the psirasphenoid patches, uor exte- 

 riorly to beyond the nares. 

 rt. Tail round; costal grooves 11-1-'; inner toes rudimental. 



Plieie 11 (without ingiiiual) ; width of head 1..'>; length to axilla 'if' times in 

 length to groin ; tail rather short ; toes very short ; upper lip more or lees 



truncate ,um1 angulate S. chiropltrnfi. 



an. Tail siibronud; costa' grooves -il ; inner toes minute. 



Width of head near one-seventh, length to axilla .M of length to groin ; limbs 

 short ; tail thick at base; brown, with a dark lateral baml on each side; 



small *'■ inHlt'q>licntiig. 



txim. Tail compressed ; costal grooves 13-lJ ; inner toes distinct. 



Plica- usually 14; width of head less than one-sixth to groin ; head to axilla 

 well over .33 (d'tlie same; body longer, tail not keeled above jiroxinially, 

 comparatively short ; \omerine series turned iddi<inely biickwards; yel- 

 low, with two latero-dorsal black bands; tail dark laterally ; belly yel- 

 low, immaculate ; small .v. liUiiicaliii*, 



Plica', 13; width of hcail eipial one-sixth length to groin; muzzle to axilla 

 more than one-third the same; t.'iil long-keeled above; yellow, nides 

 many black-spotted, a median dorsal aeries of spots; tail yellow, black- 



barred; belly innnacniate; larger a. l<ni;ii<(iii(liis. 



Plica- 13; width of head gn-ater than (uie-sixth length to groin; from 

 muzzle to axilla considerably ni(U(- than .33 h-nglh to groin : tail buig- 

 keeled abr>v<-; yellow, with three black b.iuds; tail black, yellow-barred ; 



belly motth'tl ; larger .s', (iiilli>liiiialii». 



III. Vomtu'ine series of teeth <'ontiiinoMs posteriorly with the parasphenoid brnshi-s, 

 and original ing behind n.ires. 



Costal i)licie 1.'>-1(I; head widi-, not more than seven times to groin, not 

 more than twice to axilla : no canthns rostralis; t.iii :■■—:;, h-d at l»ase, 

 not tinned; laige ; v(-rmili<ui red, black or brown spotted *', ruber. 



SPELERPE.S Ml'LTIPLICATCS Cope. 



Proc. Ac. Phila., IHOD, p. KK!; Houlenger, Cat. 13atr. (Jrad. Hrit. .Mus., ed. 

 II, l-'H-i, p. r.r. 



Tins siiiiill .spo(;i»'.s resembles in general i>io|»ortion.s Unnitlarti/lium 

 scntdfnm. It is well eliafatteiized in tlii.s ifvum by its imineroii.s co.stal 

 plica- and tliittkeiuMl, .siMiecly coiiipre.ssed tail. 



The width of the head enters the lenj^th to the jjroin (I.Tfj times; the 

 length to axilla enters thiice. The hind limb, extended, pa8.se.s six iu- 

 terval.s from the gioin ; the foot is wide and tlio toes short, especially 

 the inner and outer; the inner has .i one minute Joint free. The 

 .same iiiiiy be said of the anterior di',.,s. 'I'he tail is tiompro.s.sed a little 

 and eonsiderably tliiekened; in the smidlest specimen the terminal .75 

 above and ..'W below are keeled; in others the superior keel is more 

 distal. 



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