EMOIA 



225 



labials, fifth largest and below eye ; six lower labials ; eye nearer 

 ear than tip of snout, the lower eyelid with an undivided trans- 

 parent disk; auricular opening oval, not as large as disk in 

 eyelid, nearer foreleg than end of snout; auricular lobules very 

 small, if present; legs well developed; the adpressed hind leg 

 about reaches elbow ; digits depressed proximally, with extremely 

 numerous, narrow lamellse below; distal portion compressed 

 with broad scalelike lamellae, fifty-eight to sixty-two under fourth 

 toe. 



FiQ. 38. Emoia ruficauda Taylor, from the type ; a, head, dorsal view ; b, head, lateral view ; 



c, chin ; X 3. 



Color in life. — Above black with five golden yellow lines on 

 the back; the median line begins on tip of snout and continues 

 to base of tail; the dorsolateral lines begin on first supraocular 

 and are lost in the reddish color of tail; the two broad dark 

 stripes on back, bordered laterally by the yellow stripes, join 

 behind the end of the median yellow stripe and continue 

 as a narrow dark line some distance on tail; lateral yellow 

 lines begin on upper labials and continue to groin ; below bluish 

 white ; light above on limbs ; tail bright red ; colors of young and 

 adult are the same, save that the golden yellow stripes in the 

 young are sometimes greenish instead of golden yellow. In al- 

 cohol the ground color becomes brown with a black spot on each 

 scale, the tail yellow, and the yellow lines bluish. 



Measurements of Emoia ruficauda Taylor. 



Total length 



Snout to vent 



Tail 



Snout to foreleg 



Axilla to groin 



Foreleg 



Hind leg 



161466 15 



mm. 



129 

 50 

 79 

 78 

 27 

 15 

 22 



