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behind with notch in posterior part; gular shields small, longer 
than wide, without notch, suture between them much longer than 
that between humerals ; transverse suture between humerals and 
pectorals curved, the curve convex anteriorly ; pectorals as broad 
as long, their mutual suture as long as or a little shorter than 
mutual suture of abdominals ; f emorals broader than long, suture 
between them and abdominals curved, the curve convex poste- 
riorly; anals longer than broad, triangular, their mutual suture 
as long as that between abdominals; hinge between pectorals 
and abdominals very flexible; sutures between pectorals and 
marginals about same as that between abdominals and marginals ; 
foreleg moderately long, with five clawed digits, claws more 
than half the length of digits ; a short web between digits ; fore- 
arm with numerous broadened scales ; two large scutes and two 
small ones on inner side of arm, four large unequal-sized scutes 
on underside of foreleg ; bottom of foot covered with small equal- 
sized scales ; toes covered with imbricate plates, five above longest 
toe ; hind leg longer than foreleg, with four clawed digits ; a few 
enlarged scutes on posterior side of leg ; no large scales on upper 
or anterior side; a few enlarged scales on heel and numerous 
unequal-sized scales on foot, larger than those on forefoot; tail 
short, with a double series of subcaudal plates, twelve or thirteen 
pairs in all ; exposed skin of body covered with fine tubercles. 
Color in life. — (From a living specimen in the Bureau of 
Science aquarium.) Brown above, with very indistinct darker 
areas on back; below, marginals yellow, each with a large black 
area on outer posterior edge; plastral scales each with a large 
irregular black blotch covering about one-third of each scute; 
head uniform dark brown above ; a broad brown stripe as wide 
as head continuing on neck ; a yellow stripe from point of snout 
along canthus rostralis through upper part of orbit and across 
temporal region where it widens slightly; a dark brown line be- 
gins below the yellow one on point of snout, runs through eye, then 
widens and continues on side of neck to body; a second yellow 
stripe begins on snout, below the brown line, and passes through 
eye to ear where it is lost in the yellow of side of neck; below 
this a brown line crosses lower part of orbit to ear; below this 
another yellow line with a thin brown line below it ; a brown line 
borders lower jaw and continues to below ear; chin and throat 
yellow to flesh color; a short black stripe on posterior part of 
neck on side ; legs mottled with gray ; forelegs usually with dim 
light stripes, continuing on toes. 
