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GE RRHO S A.URTJ S SUBT E S SELLATIJS
( Reptilia _Tlate 4-1.') ;
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G. dorso flavo-brunneo, line& alba brunneaque tassellata in utroque latere marginato; partibus inferioribus
cameis cupreo-viride-tinctis; corpore fortiter depresso ; squamis lsevibus.
Longitudo e naso ad basin caudse 1 unc. 11 lin.; caudee 4 unc.
C olou r.— Top of the head umber-brown, variegated with three deep
orange coloured brown spots, one between the eyes, and the other two on the
hind head. Eyebrows and lips greenish white, the former connected by a
narrow white line which edges the anterior part of the head. The middle of
the back dull yellowish brown, variegated towards the head with two and
towards the tail with three rows of small, somewhat square, brownish red
spots, very little (darker than the ground colour, and only distinct in fresh
specimens or in those observed in spirits. The sides of the back chequered
white and liver-brown, the latter rather the predominant colour, and disposed
in the form of small irregular quadrangular spots, arranged in two rows,
each of which, as well as each individual spot, being parted by the intervention
of a narrow streak of white. Sides of body similarly coloured as the
back, only the different tints are darker. Tail above coloured like the back,
but the chequered lines diminish in width and regularity as they distance its
base, and almost disappear towards the tip. Throat and belly pale aurora-
red tinged with coppery green, the plates towards the sides of the belly
strongly clouded with brownish red, and the central portion of each of the
scales of the throat also of that colour ; under surface of tail greenish white
or pale broccoli-brown, and variegated with small irregular spots of light
brownish red, the centre of each scale being of the latter colour. Legs and
toes aurora-red, freckled towards body with irregular spots of umber-brown.
F orm, &c .—Figure fusiform, the tail tapered to a point. Head, body, and
base of tail depressed, and the upper aspect of the two latter slightly arched.
Head small, muzzle rather lengthened, and its point obtuse and rounded.
Frontal plate oblong, five-sided, the anterior side arched. Fronto-nasal
plate large, and its hinder edge slightly concave ; no distinct inter-fronto