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with round or ovate, imbricate and somewhat projecting 

 scales, both above and below. (Since this specimen is a female, 

 the femoral and preanal pores are not developed.) 



Coloration: freshly preserved specimen, brownish above, mot- 

 tled with ashy gray and dark, rich brown, the brown marblings 

 tending roughly to form a ladder-like pattern on the back; tail 

 with dark cross-bands, each dark bar being margined posteriorly 

 by a light line; lower surfaces white, somewhat clouded with 

 dusky. 



Total length, 72 mm.; ear opening to tip of snout, 9.5 mm.; 

 tip of snout to vent, 38.5 mm. 



