62 Storer on the 
that a specimen belonged to the cabinet of the 
* Academy of Natural Sciences," which was found 
in a well at Ipswich in this State; I therefore ex- 
tract from the Journal of the Academy, Harlan's 
description of the species : 
“ Body blackish or dark slate color above, yellow- 
ish or light orange color beneath ; skin beneath the 
neck, folded; head large; legs strong; tail com- 
pressed at its inferior portion nearly the length — — 
of the body. 
~ Dimensions. Total length nearly four inches; 
body rather more than two inches ; tail less than two 
inches; length of the head six tenths; breadth five 
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tenths; length of the hind legs six tenths; of the 
fore legs four tenths. 
Description. Head large, rather flat; occiput 
broad, slightly protuberant ; snout obtuse, rounded 
anteriorly ; rietus of the mouth wide, extending 
posteriorly to the eyes; anterior borders of the lips 
slightly undulating ; skin of the throat folded, so as | 
to form a collar nearly surrounding the neck; | 
body above, blackish ; a longitudinal furrow extend- | 
ing from the occiput along the back to the base of — — 
the tail; inferior portion of the body: obsoletely 
punctured with dark spots, more visible on the 
sides; legs short, strong, and thick, externally of 
the color of the back; internally of the color of 
the belly; tail subquadrangular for the first two 
thirds; the remainder or inferior portion abruptly 
compressed, pointed, with the superior and inferior 
borders carinate.”’ 
