R e p t il ia .— P l a t e X L V . F ig . 1.
E. superne flavo-brunnea, lineis longitudinalibus brunneis, irregularibus ant interruptis sex, notatis; scutis
nasalibus contiguis; scuto parvo quadrangular! inter scuta fronto-nasalia; dorsi squamis parvis
subcircularibus; scutis ventralibus in ordine transverso quatuordecim;. poris femoralibus duodecim..
Longitudo e nasi apice ad anum 2 unc. 3 lin; caudas 4 unc. 9 lin.
C o l o u r .— The colour of the upper and lateral parts of the head, of the
sides of the neck, of the back, and of the upper surface of the tail, yellowish
brown, the colour of the tail lightest towards the point. The upper surface
of the head is variegated with small umber-brown dots, and the back and
sides with six longitudinal liver-brown stripes, not equally distinct in every
specimen, yet, nevertheless, their course, with a little care, is easily to be
traced in all, though, on a slight examination, an assemblage only of short
narrow stripes, varying from half a line to a line in length, appear to exist on
the back and upper parts of the sides. The two middle stripes, which extend
along the back from the hindhead to the base of the tail, are very slender,
and generally consist of a succession of short lines; the uppermost lateral
stripe running along the sides is strongly marked, and variegated by having
imbedded in it a line of white or yellowish brown spots ; each of these lines is
continued for a short distance along the side of the tail, getting fainter and
fainter as it proceeds; the lowermost line of the side is sometimes more distinct
than the one above it, and separated from it by a stripe of rusty white ;
at other times, it is not separated by any light colour, but, instead of being
liver-brown, is brownish red, and speckled with small yellowish brown spots ;
when it is a distinct liver-brown stripe it is marked, like the line above it,
with white spots. The outer surface of extremities brownish red, freckled
with small yellowish brown spots ; the upper surface of the tail towards the
base variegated with a row of small quadrangular liver-brown spots, largest
near their commencement. The under surface of the head, the body, the
tail, and the inner surface of the extremities, yellowish white. Eyes, dark
chestnut-brown.
F o rm , &c .— Body, moderately robust, slightly depressed, with the sides
bulging; head, viewed above, triangular, the nose slightly obtuse ; sides of
head, in front of eyes, nearly perpendicular; temples convex and slightly
projecting; distance between eye and nose nearly as great as between eye
and ear opening. Nasal plates contiguous; naso-rostral rhomboidal, the an