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separated from forelimb by less than distance between lateral 
lines, and running at about the level of top of hind limb but 
below top of ear; scales of first row on each side of middorsal 
line very rarely wider than those of next dorsal rows; super- 
ciliaries not less than eight ; upper lateral line broader, on scales 
of third and fourth rows, from middorsal line. 
Type.—California Academy of Sciences No. 21615. 
Amami O shima, Loo Choo Islands, Japan; April 26 to May 
Le NG: 
Description of the type—Nasal small, in contact with rostral, supranasal, 
anterior loreal, and first labial plates. Anterior loreal forming sutures 
with nasal, supranasal, frontonasal, prefrontal, posterior loreal, and first 
and second labial plates. Posterior loreal longer than high, in contact 
with two (left) or three (right) labials. First labial in contact with rostral, 
nasal, anterior loreal and second labial. Frontal not separated from fronto- 
nasal, in contact with three supraoculars on each side. Parietals large, 
separated by interparietal. Three nuchals. Upper temporal largest. Seven 
supralabials, the seventh largest. One azygous postmental. Scales smooth, 
except one behind each corner of vent; twenty-six around middle of body; 
fifty-four in a row from parietals to. line joining backs of thighs; mid- 
dorsal rows not appreciably enlarged. Median subcaudal row broad. No 
patch of much enlarged scales on back of thigh. Seventeen to twenty-one 
scutes under fourth toe. Hind limb reaching wrist. 
The color above is nearly uniform light brown, more yellowish on the 
head and tail. A brick-red band runs from the temporal regions along the 
side of the neck and body. The lower surfaces are greenish or yellowish 
white. 
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V ariation.—Of seventy-nine specimens at hand, all have 
one postmental, no postnasals, and upper temporal largest. The 
frontal is in contact with the frontonasal in all but two, in one 
of which a small plate intervenes. In two the frontonasal is 
divided. No. 21566 has the second and third left supraoculars 
merged. The posterior loreal is much longer than high in all 
but four, and touches three labials on both sides of the head in 
all but ten specimens, of which eight have the loreal of one 
side touching three labials, while only two have both posterior 
loreals in contact with only two labials. The scales around 
the middle of the body are twenty-six in all but three speci- 
mens; Nos. 21572 and 21580 have twenty-four and No. 21576 
