/Reptilia—Plajte. f || LYCOBON GUTTATUS.—S m it h .
R e p t il ia .— P l a t e XXIII.
L. supih obscure flavo-brunnens comeo-tinctus, dorso lateribusque effuse guttis brunneis vanegaba; mfrd
ochraceus; capite supri lineis brunneis variegato, duabns transvorsis, reliquis longitudmalibus;
maeulis duabus oblongis pone nucham ; squamis subquadrangularibus in lineis obliquis ordinatis.
XiONGiTUDO e naso ad anutn 13 unc.; caudfe 3 unc. 6 lin.
C o l o u r ._Above dull yellowish brown with a pink gloss, the upper parts
profusely variegated with several rows of dark spots, the two rows of spots
along the centre of the back almost circular and largest, the spots of the other
rows smaller and irregular in shape ; each of the spots, particularly of those of
the two middle rows, consist of two colours, viz. an external ring of an umber-
brown hue, and a, centre of light reddish brown. Top of the head pale
yellowish brown, variously variegated,—across the hindhead there extends a
narrow reddish brown line, and another of the same tint is observed between
the eyes, the latter has its extremities directed backwards and extended
upon the hindhead; between these lines two or three longitudinal lines of small
dots, and in front of the one which runs between the eyes there are two narrow
longitudinal brown lines extending to the tip of the nose. The extremity of
the transverse line, which crosses the hindhead, is joined to another line of
the same colour which proceeds from the outer edge of the eye, and from the
point of union a single line is prolonged for a short distance along the side of
the neck. Between the hindhead and the commencement of the circular
spots of the back there are two narrow oblong blotches, the colours the
same and similarly arranged as those of the spots of the back. The colour
of the under parts pale ochrey yellow. Eyes dark brown.
F o rm , & c .—Figure lengthened and slender; the greatest thickness of body
about midway between the nose and the anus, from thence it tapers considerably
towards both extremities. Head slightly depressed; the sides of
hindhead slightly bulging, giving to the latter a superiority of width over the