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Description of species. — (No. 1990, Bureau of Science collec- 

 tion; collected at Siet Lake, Job, September 22, 1917, by E. H. 

 Taylor) , Snout rather obtuse, the rostral slightly visible above ; 

 supranasals present, in contact behind rostral ; frontonasal much 

 broader than long, broadly in contact with the frontal ; prefron- 

 tals present, very small and very widely separated, leaving the 

 frontal in contact broadly with the frontonasal; frontal longer 

 than broad, as long as interparietal and frontoparietal ; parietals 

 in contact behind the latter; a pair of nuchals, and a'large tem- 

 poral borders the parietals; nostril pierced in a rectangular 

 nasal, followed by two frenals, the anterior higher than the 

 nasal and the posterior f renal; two preoculars between the 

 first superciliary and fourth labial; seven superciliaries ; four 



supra-oculars, the first broadly in contact 

 with the prefrontal; lower eyelid scaly; 

 seven upper labials, the fifth large, below 

 the eye; fourth as small as first; three or 

 four enlarged temporals; six lower labials; 

 mental rather wide, followed by a wide post- 

 mental; three pairs of divided chin-shields, 

 the first pair in contact, the third small ; ear 

 opening small, with two projecting lobules; 

 twenty-six rows of scales about middle of 

 body, all smooth; preanal scales somewhat 

 'GunthenTrom''jo1iITa! enlarged; scales on underside of tail slightly 

 side of head : b. top of larger than those above ; limbs rather small, 

 the fourth toe only a little longer than third ; 

 thirteen lamellse under fourth toe ; tail thick, tapering very grad- 

 ually. Eye nearer the end of snout than ear; the latter nearer 

 the insertion of the foreleg than end of snout; adpressed limbs 

 fail to meet by a considerable distance. 



Color in life. — Above yellowish to dark brown, the scales on 

 each dorsal row with black spots, forming more or less regular 

 longitudinal dark lines; a broad black line begins behind the 

 eye and continues above limbs to some distance on tail; scale 

 row above black line, lighter than ground color; below black 

 line, indistinct lines of brown with numerous distinct yellow 

 punctations and occasional reddish brown scales; below orange 

 to pink ; rather pinkish in groin ; a distinct white line along 

 the upper labials. 



