CORDYLTJS MICROLEPIDOTUS. 
gular light yellow spots, those near the centre of the back smallest ; sides 
superiorly the same colour as the back, inferiorly deep reddish orange and 
partially barred by prolongations of the dark colour of the higher parts of the 
sides ; the sides of neck marked with three distinct dark liver-brown spots, 
one directly behind the meatus externus. The space between rami of lower 
jaw livid blue ; the belly and under surface of extremities sienna-yellow 
clouded with deep reddish-orange ; under-surface of tail dull reddish-orange ; 
upper surface of extremities light orange-brown. Eyes chesnut-brown. 
(Var. Plate XXV.) 
Colour .—{Male. Fig. A.)— The upper surface of the head light brownish- 
orange shaded with umber-brown, the back dull yellowish brown finely varie- 
gated with many longitudinal rows of small liver-brown spots ; the sides of 
the body intermediate between orpiment-orange and tile-red, and variegated 
here and there with short liver-brown streaks ; the sides of the head before 
the eyes the same colour as the upper surface of the head ; sides of lower jaw 
pale reddish orange shaded with umber-brown ; temples deep reddish orange, 
and the sides of the neck with two or more deep liver-brown blotches. Tail 
dull yellowish brown irregularly mottled with umber-brown ; space between 
rami of lower jaw livid blue ; belly and under-surface of tail ochrey yellow 
tinted with green ; legs and toes pale reddish orange, the fore legs spotted 
sparingly with light-brown, the hinder ones spotted or barred with umber- 
brown. Eyes deep reddish brown. 
Female , (fig. B.)— ' The upper surface of head and the temples a yellowish 
hair-brown with the edges and centre of the scales lightest ; back liver-brown 
freely variegated with short longitudinal stripes of a colour intermediate 
between oil-green and ochre-yellow ; the sides of the lips and the body the 
same colour as the spots of the back, and the sides of the latter is variegated 
with several rows of dark umber-brown dots and some light umber-brown 
blotches. The extremities externally coloured like the sides and freely mot- 
tled with umber-brown spots most numerous towards the toes, fail liver- 
brown mottled with dull yellowish green; space between rami of lowci jaw 
livid blue ; belly and under surface of tail ochrey yellow with a greenish 
tinge. Eyes dull reddish brown. 
(Var. — Plate XXVI.) 
Colour. — {Male. Fig. A.)— The middle and hinder parts of the head 
superiorly, and the back a yellowish hair-brown, freckled with liver-brown. 
