17.S lUILLKTIN :;i, rMIKl. states national MlISKl'M. 



ISpclcriHS ruber .sticticeps IJaii'tl. 

 Proceed. Ai'. Fliilii., l-^f'''.», ]). 1(H. (Name only.) 



This varit'fy in all it.s details of sliaitc, proiMMtioiis an<l ;;i'iK'raI 

 otriu!tino resembles /'. ridxr. Tlie limhs, iiowever, are coiisiderahly 

 smaller and weaker, and (lie external nostrils seem tolte I'lrtlier apart. 

 There are lifteen costal furrow.s, e.\cludin«;' the axillary. 



The color in alcohol is a daik reddi.shbrown or Itrownishred above; 

 lif-hter red beneath. The color of the niiper parts is very uniform and 

 continuous, thou;;h a careful examination shows .some very obs'olete 

 rounded spots ot darker on the sides. The sides and beneath an', 

 evervwhere sprinkled with minute blackish dots. The head is uni- 

 formly colored like the back, without dark spots, but its sides and an- 

 terior portion are closely spriidiled with whitish specks, which are very 

 distinct and characteristic. 



This variety ditfors .somewhat in form from S. ruber, as slated. It 

 can be separated from tln^ latter by the small whitish specks on the 

 mu/zlo in the uniform j^round color, typical S. ruber always havinj^' 

 lar{,'er black sjiots, without any white. The color above is deeper and 

 more continuous than in »S'. rubir without the distinct doisal spots 

 always distinj,'uishable in it. I'he ground color appears to be of a 

 much deeper red than in .S'. ruber. 



riiiiiorHiiitul ilimi iixiuiin. 



llOild 



I.oiif^tli of K"P'' "f """"li to it.s will 111 llireci-foiirtliM. 



Width to distil nee IVoni snout lo jfioin tieiiily li limes. 



From snout to j;u!ar I'old eoiitained in distance from siiont to ;;roiii . . . . H limes. 



Distance anterioilv liet ween eyes in lc!i;;tli ot'oiliit t« ice. 



Distanct! l)etwceii external nostrils in lenjilliof orMt I < times. 



Limits : 



l''rec port ion of lonj{est lin;fer eoniained in distance from clliow to tip.. ."■> times. 



Free portion of Imi^jest toe contained in dist;incc from knet> to 



lip nearly I ti'iies. 



Distance between oulstretclicd toes in len;;tli from snout to^jroin iieailv t wice. 



Distance between ontstictdii'il toes in Icni^lli from snout to 



belli lid anus iiiipie tliai, twice. 



Body : Number of costal furrows (inclndiii}; :iii;ninal) 15 



Mviixiin iiK r'n, ill iiiiliis. 

 LeiiHtli. measured aloiif^ axis of body : Umly : 



.1111 



From snout to ^ape 



From snout to ;jular fold . . 



From snout to ai nipit . . 



From snout to jjroiii 



l-'roni snout to behind anus . 

 I''roiii snout to end of tail . . . 



Tail 



Head: 



Width of head f.t 



licnj^th of orbit II 



Distance bet ween eyes anteriorly .'-'-' 

 Distance between ou'.er nostrils . Ill 

 Distance between inner nostrils , Itt 



'■>. f'> 



l.lKt 

 ■J. ().") 



CiliiimlerelKHl of belly 1 .''(O 



Dist.'iiiee between armpit and 



;iroin l.ri.'i 



'fail: llei;;lit of tail where lii;;hest 



est M) 



I.imbs : 



I'ree poi'liiiu cil' loiij;e,st lillj^er .07 

 From elbow lo tip ol' lolij^est 



lin;;er Xi 



Free port ion of loii;;est toe \\i 



l'"rom knee to lip of lonj;est toe .I"! 

 Distance between onlslretrlied 

 Iocs I . ;ii) 



T\u> 



