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with indistinct brownish transverse bands; beneath, 
white ; four toed, that next the outer, the largest, 
each with three small tubercles at the joints of the 
phalanges. Posterior extremities, seven and a half 
inches long, of a similar color with the anterior ex- 
tremities; the upper anterior half of the thighs 
barred with brown bands; the upper posterior por- 
tion, greenish brown, with an intermixture of a duller 
brown color, with small white spots or blotches ; 
legs with four transverse brown bands; indistinct 
bands on the feet; five toed, that next the outer, 
much the largest, being two and a half inches in 
length ; toes palmated ; and tubercled like the toes 
of the anterior feet; at the base of the little toe, is a 
prominent projecting carina along the edge of the 
phalangeal ridge of the largest toe; a row of yellow 
dots run to the second phalanx. 
Length of the head, one inch and a half ; width 
across the tympanum, two inches. Eyes promi- 
nent, large; pupils black ; irides greenish yellow ; 
' distance between the eyes, three lines. Snout ob- 
tuse and yellowish, as well as the margin of the 
upper jaw. Nostrils about a line ‘in length, situ- 
ated obliquely, half way between the tip of the 
snout and the eye, appearing like two small black 
points. 'T'ympanum half an inch in diameter, plane, 
looking like a large scale fastened to the head; 
just within its outer margin, a brownish circular 
ring; within this ring, greenish. Mouth large; 
numerous small sharp teeth in the upper jaw. 
Tongue large, fleshy. 
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