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Eumeces barbouri Van Denburgh 
Diagnosis.—One azygous postmental ; no patch of enlarged 
scales on back of thigh; postnasal present; posterior loreal 
short, normally touching two labials; fifteen or sixteen plates 
under fourth toe; twenty-two scales around middle of body; 
young with one median and two lateral light lines; latter nar- 
row, and separated by not less than width of two scales: lower 
lateral line separated from fore limb by less than the distance 
between the lateral lines, and running below the level of top 
of hind limb and top of ear. 
Type.—California Academy of Sciences No. 21545. 
Amami O shima, Loo Choo Islands, Japan; April 20-30, 1910. 
Description of the type—Similar to E. latiscutatus, Nasal small, in con- 
tact with rostral, supranasal, postnasal, and first labial plates. Anterior 
loreal forming sutures with postnasal, supranasal, prefrontal, posterior 
loreal, and second labial plates. Posterior loreal longer than high, in con- 
tact with two (right) or three (left) labials. First labial in contact with 
rostral, nasal, postnasal, and second labial. Frontal just separated from 
frontonasal, in contact with three supraoculars on each side. Parietals 
large, separated by interparietal. One left and two right nuchals. Upper 
temporal largest. Seven supralabials, the seventh largest. One azygous 
postmental. Scales smooth, except one behind each corner of vent ; twenty- 
two around middle of body; fifty in a row from parietals to line joining 
backs of thighs; two middorsal rows slightly enlarged. Median subcaudal 
row broad. No patch of enlarged scales on back of thigh. Fifteen or 
sixteen scutes under fourth toe. Hind limb reaching between wrist and 
elbow. Tail forked at point of regrowth. 
The color above is nearly uniform light brown, with a few dark brown 
spots at the bases of the scales posteriorly. A dark brown band extends 
from the temporal region to the base of the tail, and is edged above and 
below with lighter brown indications of the lateral light lines. The upper 
lateral and middorsal lines are evident on the tail. The limbs are brown, 
the centers of the scales being lighter. The lower surfaces are greenish 
white, clearer yellowish white on the chin, preanals and midcaudals. 
A young specimen is black above with two narrow lateral pale blue lines 
on each side, and a broader middorsal line which bifurcates on the head as 
in other species of the group. The tail is very bright blue. 
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Variation.—The smaller specimen differs from the type in 
having the frontal in contact with the frontonasal, the second 
loreal touching only two labials on each side, the superposition 
