EUPREPES SMITHII.— Gray. 
Reptilia. — Plate 31. — Fig. 2. 
E. superne flayo-brunneus, lineis longitudinalibus sex variegatus ; lateribus fascia longitudinali nigro- 
brunnea superne inferneque albo marginata notatis ; subtus albus ; squamis fortiter tricarinatis. 
Longitudo & nasi apice ad basin caudae 2 \ unc . ; caudeB 3J unc. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head intermediate between light orange- 
coloured brown and yellowish brown ; the plates more or less edged with 
umber-brown, and sparingly freckled with small spots of the same colour. 
Back and upper surface of tail dull yellowish brown, variegated with narrow, 
longitudinal, umber-brown or liver-brown bands. The bands, generally six 
in number on the back, commence at the hinder part of the head, and, with 
the exception of the two middle ones, terminate at or close to the base of the 
tail; these extend generally for some way along the middle of the tad, not 
usually distinct and continuous, but as two series of irregular pale brown 
spots. The back and tail is further variegated by the scales being edged with 
umber-brown, and the keels also being of that colour. On each side of the six 
dorsal bands is a broad longitudinal yellowish white stripe, which commences 
at the outer angle of the eye, and terminates a little beyond the commence- 
ment of the tail, ceasing to be well defined after it has passed the hinder 
extremities ; below this is another broad band of a deep liver-brown colour, 
beginning at the angle of the mouth, and ending immediately over the origin 
0 f°the hinder legs, which band is again edged below by a rusty white one, 
narrower than either of the two last described ; inferiorly it is margined by 
a narrow liver-brown line. The outer surface of the extremities coloured like 
the back, and faintly variegated, the scales being edged with brown of a 
deeper tint. Upper lip white, under lip, and the under surface of the head, 
the body, the tail, and the inner surface of the extremities bluish white ; the 
sides of the tail yellowish white. 
