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Description. — Head less pointed than L. pulchellum and not 

 narrowed and flattened so abruptly in front of eyes; distance 

 between nasals proportionally less ; rostral broadly visible above, 

 length above much greater than height of snout; frontonasal 

 large, not rectangular, but distinctly rounding in front; pre- 

 frontals almost as large as frontonasal, forming a median suture 

 about one third of their greatest length; frontal twice as long 

 as wide, narrowed to a long point behind; frontoparietals dis- 

 tinct, their suture much larger than in L. pulchellum. Parietals 

 moderate, inclosing an elongate interparietal ; nasal large, pierced 

 by the nostril ; no supranasals, first f renal distinctly higher than 

 nasal, higher but much smaller than second f renal; two preocu- 

 lars. the lower largest; nine superciliaries, none in contact with 

 frontal; six supra-oculars, the last as wide as the first; third 

 widest; four in contact with frontal; seven upper labials, the 

 first three elongate, of nearly equal size and shape; last four 

 higher ; a scale partly inserted between fourth and fifth and fifth 

 and sixth labials; five or six enlarged temporals. Lower eyelid 

 with an undivided transparent disk; auricular opening two 

 thirds as large as eye; six lower labials, all narrow and elon- 

 gate; two undivided postmentals, the first small (the small one 

 absent in the cotype) ; two very much enlarged preanals, which 

 are preceded by three or four enlarged body scales; 25 lamellae 

 under fourth toe; 22 scale rows about the body; three or four 

 pair of nuchals present. 



Color in life. — Dark, mottled brown above with a greenish 

 bronze dorsal streak; dark spots on the parietal region; supra- 

 oculars each with an indistinct lighter line; labials with dark 

 spots, laterally flecked with bronze-greenish light spots; chin, 

 throat, belly, and underside of tail immaculate, iridescent green- 

 ish with a wash of bright canary. Legs spotted with minute 

 lighter areas. Tail above spotted with brownish, with a trace 

 of a median lighter streak. 



Measurements of the type of Leiolepisma pulchellum grande aubsp. nov. 



nun. 



Length, end of tail lost 67 



Snout to vent 42 



Snout to ear 10 



Snout to insertion of arm 18 



Axilla to groin • 22 



Foreleg 15 



Hind leg 19 



Width of head 0.65 



