C O R D Y LU S G I& 1 N T E U S
(jteptilia Hate. 35.) *
CORDYLUS GIGANTEUS.
Reptilia.—P lates XXXY., XXXYI.
C. flavo-brunneus inferne pallidior» dorso caudi supera& extremitatibusque supern& fusco-nebulatis;
oecipite, temporibusque postice spinis fortibus triangularibus in ordine singula armatis; dorsi
squamis leviter carinatis, laterium fortiter spinosis; cauda supern^ spinosissimd; extremitatibus.
anterioribus infeme squamis tuberculosis; poribus femoralibus decern.
L o n gitu d o e iiaso ad basin caudee, 8 unc. Cauda?, 7 tin e.
Colour.—The upper surface of the head posterior to the eyes, deep
umber brown, anteriorly, towards nose, dark yellowish brown ; the temples,
posteriorly, of the former colour, anteriorly, yellowish brown ; the lips and
throat intermediate between sienna and straw-yellow ; the Sides of the lower
jaw freckled yellowish brown. The back, sides of body, tail, and extremities,
intermediate between sienna and honey-yellow, the tint on the back and
upper surface of the tail darkest, and particularly towards and on the
line of the spine, irregularly clouded with umber brown ; the extremities are
also more or less shaded or clouded with the same colour. Belly wine
yellow; the scales in front of femoral pores, yellowish brown. Eyes
reddish brown. Claws, umber-brown.
Form, &c.— Figure robust, and aspect rugged and repulsive. Head
rather flat, broad, and posteriorly bulging; the upper surface, behind eyes,
nearly even,—before eyes, slightly convex, and in both places covered with
very hard rough plates, those towards nose subtubercular; superciliary
plates seven on each side, disposed in rows of threes, with the seventh
placed behind them; the plates of the internal row largest, and with the
exception of the seventh, are smooth and without striae ; nostrils cylindrical,
and situated towards the hinder extremity of the nasal plates ; labial plates
small, eight above and five below, the last of the lower lip and the three last of