V a r ie t y B.— P la te XII.
Bucephalus Typious, Smith, Zoological Journal, vol. iv. p. 441.
C o lo u r.—-The head, the back, the sides of the body, and the upper parts of
the tail, a clear reddish or yellowish-brown, the depth of the tint different in
different individuals, but always lightest at and towards the extremities of
the abdominal plates. The under surface of the head, the belly, and the
under parts of the tail, either a pale wood-brown, or a wine-yellow, and more
or less variegated with small spots of yellowish brown. Eyes in some silvery
grey, in others light grass-green.
F orm, &c .—The general figure of this variety as well as the shape of its head,
and the characters and distribution of its scales and plates, the same as in the
varieties already described. The following are the measurements, &c., of two
specimens :—
SEX OF LENGTH FROM NOSE LENGTH OF ABDOMINAL SUBCAUDAL
SPE C IM EN . TO BASE OF T A IL ., Ft. In. FtT. A ILIn. . PLATES. SCALES. Male No. No. 3 Ts- 1 3 ~I90 116-116: Male 3 5è 178 101-101
The Female of the same colour and figure as the male.
Y o u n g .-—P la te XIII.
Bucephalus G utturales, Smith, Zoological Journal, vol. iv . p. 442.
C olour.—The upper and lateral parts of the head, above the upper lip,
clear yellowish brown, inclined to honey-yellow; the upper and lower lips
cream-yellow. The back and upper part of the sides greenish black,
variegated with narrow transverse bars, consisting in part of small greenish
white spots, and in part of narrow longitudinal lines the spots are situated
towards the outer edges of the scales near their points, and never exceed one
on a scale; the lines are in the course of the carina, and rarely extend
beyond its base. The lower portions of the sides of the body, and the under
surfaces of the body and tail, cream-yellow, freely freckled, or marked with
livid yellowish brown and the throat besides is variegated with one or more
transverse blotches or bars of a reddish orange colour. In many specimens
the hinder edge of each abdominal plate is marked with a narrow
BU CEPHALUS CAPETf S IS . Var B
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