AMPLORHINUS* MULTI MACULATUS.— Smith. 
Reptilia. — Plate LVII. 
A. superne pallide viridi-brunneus, macularum nigrarum seriebus quatuor variegatus, infra livido-griseus , 
corporis squamis seriebus septemdecim dispositis; scutis abdominalibus 1G4 ad 170; squamis 
subcaudalibus 65 ad 70 ; caudm apice aculeata. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head either a light orange coloured 
brown, or a tint intermediate between oil-green and broccoli-brown. Back 
and sides oil-green, tinted faintly with light chestnut-brown, the lattei most 
distinct on the back. Four rows of quadrangular liver-brown spots, two on the 
back and one on each side, the spots of the middle or dorsal rows the largest 
and most regularly formed. In all young specimens and in some adults, the 
back and sides are further variegated with short delicate white lines, dis- 
tributed irregularly over the surface, and are, when closely examined, found 
to depend on each scale being finely edged on both sides towards its base 
with white. On each side, between the dorsal and lateral rows of spots, 
there is a more or less distinct light greenish yellow line, not however always 
discernible. In some specimens a greater or less number of spots are 
observed on the tail, in others it is without spots. Sides and under surface 
of head greenish yellow, preocular plate pale cream-yellow. Under parts of 
body and tail, livid greyish blue. 
Form, &c. — Head subquadrangular, the temples rather prominent, the nose 
pointed, and the hind-head slightly broader than the neck ; body rather 
slender,' subcylindrical, the greatest thickness about midway between nose 
and anus ; tail long, tapered, and its extremity armed with a slender pointed 
horny prickle. The frenal plate is irregularly four-sided, the preocular plate 
* Ch Gen. Body slender and subcylindrical. Head slightly wider than the neck, subquadrangular 
and anteriorly subacute. Teeth small ; the last tooth of maxillae considerably the largest, inclined 
backwards, and grooved from base to apex. Nostrils in the middle of a scale. Eyes small, pupil 
circular. Postocular scales two. Frontal plate pointed behind, and slightly contracted about midway 
between its extremities. Scales small, narrow, subovate, and disposed in oblique transverse rows. Tail 
tapered to a point, the latter consisting of a horny spine. 
