1, E R EM IA S A N N U L I F E RA.-:_2, E R .EM IA S PT TL CH RA
5, EREJIIAS FO RM O SA .'
( Reptilia. _ Plate 4*7.)
R e p t il ia B P l a t e XLVII. F ig . 1-
transverso decim; pons femoialibus ijuatuoideoim.
LosaiTTOO e nasi apice ad anüm 1 unc.».&lm.; caud»3,unc. ;
Coi.oDE.-The upper parts of the head, the back, the sides, and the
tremities, intermediate between bluish grey and greenish grey the back
being variegated with four rows of small, somewhat circular, liver-brown
spots Some of the spots of the lowermost row of each side have then_ centr
white or, in other words, they resemble dark rings, and some of those of
the upper rows have a clear white spot immediately under their lower edg
Tail superiorly intermediate between bluish grey and oil-green. The under
lu rlce of the7 neck, the belly, and the under parts of the tail pale greenish
grFoEM &c -F igure delicate. Tail long, slender, and very delicate towards
the point. Head small and rather narrow, its sides, anterior to eyes, vertical,
nose narrow and slightly rounded. Nasal plates contiguous ^naso-rostral large
a n d s u b - r h o m b o id a l, t h e a n g le s r o u n d e d ; f r o n t o - n a s a l contiguous t h e sides
where they join, short; frontal plate rather short, narrow behind, widened
before, its Interior edge semicircular; fronto-parietal plates narrow six-sid
and with an indistinct angle about midway between the anterior and poster
extremities; inter-parietal plate large, rhomboidal; parietal plates large and
subovate ; occipital plate small, and situated close to the hinder
the inter-parietal plate. Palpebral plates transversely ovate, and almost co
pletely surrounded with small granular scales, only a few wanting at the inn
extremity of the posterior plate (Vide Plate XLVIIL figs. 4 and 14 |
Nostril prominent, each formed of three scales; freno-nasa Plate s” ’
somewhat quadrangular ; freno-ocular large, somewhat M il triangular, and anteocular plates small. Scales of upper l.p, anterior