ERE MIAS KNOX II,
I>° L1NE0-0 CELLATA,
(Reptdra...lAto 43)
R e p t il ia .— P l a t e XLIII. F ig . 1.
E. supeme rufo-flava lineis longitudinalibus quatuor nigTO-brunneis variegata; lineis, maculis circularibus
subflavis signatis; palpebra inferiore squamis parvis tunicata; scutis ventraJibus duodecim aut
quatuordecim in ordine traiisversa.
Longitudo e nasi apice ad basin caudse 2 und; caudee 3J unc.
C o l o u r— The head superiorly, the back, the upper parts of the sides,
and the upper and lateral parts of the tail intermediate, between honey
and ochre-yellow the head variegated with small liver-brown spots, and
the back and sides with four longitudinal liver-brown stripes; each of which
incloses, more or less completely, a series of small round lemon-yellow spots.
The two dorsal stripes commence at the occiput, and are gradually lost
a little beyond the base of the tail; the others, one on each side, originate
immediately behind the outer angle of the eye, and towards their commencement,
consist of short longitudinal streaks, posteriorly they terminate at the
base of the hinder legs. In some specimens there exists in addition to these
lines, another on each side, but without any light coloured spots; these
where they occur, extend simply from the fore to the hinder legs. The
extremities are light yellowish brown, with a greenish tinge, and are
superiorly and posteriorly variegated with small yellow spots, surrounded
by narrow liver-brown rings. Sides of head yellowish brown, finely speckled
with umber-brown. The under parts of neck, body, extremities, and tail,
yellowish white ; eyes deep orange red; claws brownish red.
F o rm , &c .— Body rather robust; tail moderately long and very delicate at
the point. Head quadrangular and tapered to the snout, which is obtusely
pointed. Plates of the upper surface of the head uneven and rather rugose;
nasal plates contiguous, naso-rostral plate anteriorly arched, posteriorly prolonged
backwards between fronto-nasal plates, the latter separated from
each other by the intervention of an oblong quadrangular plate; frontal
plate widest anteriorly and graved along the middle, the edge on each side