50 | FI Storer on the 
5e 
in the first volume of his “ North American Herpe- 
tology :” 
— “ Characters. Body olive green above, marked 
with dark brown blotches irregularly disposed; a 
transverse dusky band between the orbits; whitish 
beneath and granulated; head short, with a white 
line extending along the upper lip to the shoulders. 
Description. 'The head is short, with a dark band 
between the orbits, the line from each orbit being 
directed backwards so as to meet at an angle ; the 
snout is obtuse, with an indistinct dark band extend- 
ing from the nostrils to the eyes, below which isa 
white line along the margin of the upper lip, reach- 
ing to the shoulder; the lower jaw is almost white ; 
the nostrils are placed near the extremity of the 
snout; the eyes are prominent; the pupils black ; 
the irides golden; the tympanum is bronzed and 
surrounded by an indistinct circle of dark brown. 
'The skin is smooth ; the body short and depressed 
while living; the back is olive green, with irregular 
blotches of darker olive ; the flanks are gray. The 
inferior surface of the body is granulated, greenish 
white in front, with a few dark spots at the throat ; 
the posterior part of the abdomen is darker. The 
extremities are olive green above, with occa- 
) of brown, and flesh colored beneath; the 
angers are four i in number, distinet, and each termi- 
mati ng in a viscous pellet. The posterior extremities 
€ long, green above, obscurely blended with dark 
x brown, and flesh colored beneath, tinged with yellow 
exfeiiidiy ; ; the lower surface of the thigh is granu- 
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