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Description of type-specimens (figs. 1, 2).—Snout short, obtuse; no 
supranasals; fronto-nasal broader than long, broadly in contact with 
rostral, separated from frontal by prefrontals, which are broadly in 
contact; frontal almost triangular, pointed behind, not longer than 
fronto-parietals, much shorter than fronto-parietals and interparietal 
together; fronto-parietals separated by a suture; interparietal large, 
as wide as frontal, losenge-shaped, almost equilateral; parietals’ 
in contact behind interparietal; four supraoculars, subequal, the 
two anterior in contact with frontal; eight superciliaries; nostril 
pierced in nasal; a single frenal behind nasal; lower eyelid scaly; 
supralabials separated from eye by a row of small scales; fourth 
supralabial beneath center of eye; temporals not differentiated as 
shields, consisting only of ordinary cycloid scales but shghtly 
larger than those on the back; no enlarged nuchals; ear-opening 
roundish, large, fully two-thirds the eye-opening; 30 smooth scales © 
around the middle of the body; a pair of enlarged 
preanals; legs weak and digits short; the distance 
between tip of snout and fore leg contained about 
once and one-half in distance between axilla and 
groin; hind leg shghtly longer than distance from 
center of eye to fore leg; adpressed fore and hind 
legs fail to meet on the side of the body by more 
than the length of the foot; third toe almost as long 
as fourth; 10 smooth lamelle under fourth toe; tail 
ee ecient am cylindric, slightly longer than head and body to- 
morpHus arricu- gether, without enlarged scales underneath. Color 
ee ‘ror (in alcohol) above chestnut brown, very indistinetly 
or nmap; 2, sips spotted with paler and darker brown; a well-defined 
St eee oes blackish lateral band from eye to groin and con- 
tinued behind thigh along the side of the tail, with 
small whitish spots and bordered above on neck and anterior half 
of back by a narrow pale brown band; lips, chin, throat, neck under- 
neath and on the sides bluish black, the sutures more or less regularly 
edged with whitish; rest of underside and flank whitish, densely 
sprinkled with minute dark brown dots on sides, lower abdomen, under- 
side of legs and tail; legs above dark brown, with small, pale spots. 
Dimensions. 
mm. 
Mo tall ene; G iene ee Dead be ee 64 
ARO) OVE STOVE WO) WEN ee 31 
Tip of snout to fore leg___ pertehicit <a seat: a elt 
WC ON, MAC ooo ee ee Age oes D 
ASHE), WO SIRO tees ee “a 16 
Vent to tip of tail___ eta a as ~~ hea aes 33 
Fore leg___ EES ra ie SPR ec 0) Pee tere aaa eS a rae ws 6 
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