PYJICEBHALUS ADSPEB.STTS.
V1 1 co. !Mult b. Young.-)
leptQia Hate 49.
PYXICEPHALUS ADSPERSUS.—D u m . e t B i b .
R e p t il ia .— P l a t e XL1X.' (M a l e a n d Y o u n g .)
P. superne, pallide brunneo-viridis rubro-brunneo-umbratus; doiso lateribusque maculis et lineia, viride-
flavis notatia; subtas, sulpbureus xubro-auranteo-tinctna. Oapite, corpore superne, extremitatibusque
externe e granulis et rugis longitudinalibus rugosis; sacculorum vocalium aperturis prope ad oris
augulas; lingua grande ovale postice fortiter emarginatd; extremitatibus fortibua et brevibns.
Longitudo e nasi apice ad anum 5 unc. 6 lin.
P t x io e p h a iu s a d spe b su s , Tschud. Class Batrach. Mem. Societ. Scienc. Nat. Nench. tom. ii. page 84.
CoLOURS-The upper parts of the head, the back, and the upper parts of the
sides rusty oil-green, shaded with reddish brown, and variegated with small
spots and short longitudinal stripes of wine-yellow. Sides of head and outer
and hinder surfaces of extremities light sap-green, the lower portion of the
sides, the inner surface of the extremities, the toes, and all the under parts
wine-yellow, shaded with brownish orange; and the under surface of the
head blotched with irregular spots and stripes of a clove-brown colour. Eyes
deep chestnut-brown, highly Variegated with yellowish white dots having a
strong metallic lustre. In young specimens the variegations in respect of
colour are more defined, and consist of vertical bars on the upper lip and
lower parts of the sides, of longitudinal waved stripes on the back and upper
parts of the sides, and of transverse bars on the outer surface of the
extremities.
F o rm , &c.—Figure robust. Head depressed, posteriorly very broad,
anteriorly narrow and rounded ; its upper surface is rather concave, having a
broad longitudinal depression extending from the hindhead nearly to the
nose. The nostrils are situated at the upper and anterior part of the head,
each about midway between the edge of the upper lip and the anterior can thus
of the eye, are small, ovate, and with their opening directed outwards and
backwards. Eyes moderately large, the upper eyelid broad and granular
externally, except at its ciliary margin. Mouth large, and its angles about
the same distance behind the eyes that the eyes are behind the nostrils.