E R E MIAS UNDATA,
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E. superne info-ffirea, liheis quatuor longitndinaUbus variegata, subtus flavo-alba ; portione u n it
palpebra, inferioiis anbpellucida; scntis ventralibus duodecim in ordine transverea.
Longitddo e nasi apice ad basin candse 2 unc.; caud® 3 unc.
Colodb.—The back and upper parts of sides intermediate between pale
buff-orange and ochre-yellow; the upper surface of the head freely variegated
with small liver-brown spots, and the back with four longitudinal liver-
brown bands, one of the latter proceeds from the hinder extremity of each
eyebrow, and on the back, immediately between the hinder legs, they unite, and
either terminate at once or extend, as one* for a few lines along the upper surface
of the tail; the other stripes commence one at each angle of the mouth,
pass along the side of the neck, immediately over the meatus auditorius externus,
and terminate at the base of the hinder leg. Towards the head these lines
are continuous, and variegated with small spots of the same colour as the
back, posteriorly, they are serrated or otherwise irregular. The extremities,
superiorly, are nearly of the same colour as the back, each variegated with an
interrupted zigzag or serrated line along its hinder aspect, in which lines
are observed several cream-yellow spots. Tail, superiorly, the same colour
as the back, or wine-yellow, and there are indications of a row of small dark
spots along'its centre. The lower portions of the sides cream-yellow; the
under surface of the neck, body, extremities, and tail, yellowish white. Toes
and claws, light sienna-yellow.
P o em , &c .—Body, moderately robust; tail, slender, and tapered to a fine
point; scales of the upper and lateral parts of neck, and of the back and
sides, small, subovate, closely set, and slightly convex ; scales of tail, quadrangular,
and arranged in circles, those of the upper and lateral parts strongly
carinated. Head, small; the snout, tapered, and almost pointed; nasal,
fronto-nasal, and fronto-parietal plates, each contiguous with its fellow;
naso-rostral plate, large, subtriangular, and from its base a slender point
projects between the nasal plates; frontal plate narrow posteriorly, rather