TELESCOPUS * SEMI ANNULATUS.— Sunderwall. 
Reptilia. — Plate LXXII. 
T. superne brunneo-flavus fasciis subnigris variegatus, infra pallide flavus ; corporis squamis ordinibus 
longitudinalibus 19 dispositis. 
Longitxjdo e nasi apice ad anum 25 unc. ; caudse 4^ unc. 
Colour. — The upper parts intermediate between buff-orange and flesh- 
red, the back variegated with about thirty-four, and the tail with about ten 
transverse liver-brown bands, some very short, others, particularly on the 
back, long, and generally tapered towards each extremity. The colour of 
the under parts is intermediate between sienna-yellow and flesh-red. The 
upper surface of the head has a slightly brown tint. In living specimens 
the light colour of the back and sides is, probably, bright red. 
Form, &c. — Head, viewed from above, subovate ; hind-head rather wider 
than the neck. Body rather slender, towards the head cylindrical, elsewhere 
slightly compressed, above subcarinated, under surface rather broad, and 
slightly convex. Tail tapers rather suddenly, and terminates in a prolonged 
slender point. The sides of the head anterior to the eyes nearly perpendicular, 
behind the eyes prominent and convex ; the nose is blunt and rounded. 
Nostrils circular, and placed high in the suture between the nasal and naso- 
frenal plates. Rostral plate behind semicircular ; naso- rostral plates quadran- 
gular, broadest behind ; fronto-nasal somewhat five-sided, two sides behind, one 
in contact with the frontal, the other, the outer, with the anterior extremity 
• Ck. Gen. Head rather broader than the neck, oblong and ovate. Nostrils lateral, between nasal 
and naso-frenal plates. Frenal plate, one. Preocular plate, one. Postocular plates, two. Pupil 
elliptic an*! vertical. Posterior maxillary tooth the longest, and grooved anteriorly. Body compressed. 
Scales smooth, subimbricate, and disposed in oblique rows, those of the dorsal row rather different in 
form. Abdominal plates subangular. Submental plates two. 
