GERRHOSAUfiüS FLAVIGULARIS WIEG«.
G E L B Ü E H L I G E F U R C H E N E C H S E ,
T A B. XXXIV. Fig. 1.
Character essentialia. Nolam fuseo-olis.aceo, linea sulphurea, pone oeulos incipiente, nigra
marginata in niroqtte latere, mento gula,,ae et se.uü marginalibm laiii superioris laele „telbms, pecore
etabtlominealbicü, coeruleo pallide lamtis, catula basi tetragona, rnsus medium tereU, corpore sesqm^.
longiori, poris femoralibus ulrinque Iredecim.
SY^ONYMr«. Gerrhosauras flavigularis. Wiegm.nn Isis XXI. fase. III et IV. p. 379. Wai l . Nalürl.
Syst. d. Amph. p. 158. - Ucert« Seps Lin. S. N. XI I Nro. 17. p. 3Ö3?
Seps Shaw General Zool. III. p. 85S.
Sdncus sepifomis. Schneid. Hist, amphib. II. p. )91. Merr. Syst. Amph. p. 70.
Tachydromus Seps Merr. S. A. p. 69.
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D E S C R I P T I O .
Corporis forma universalis. Caput cum trunco continuum, tetragono-pyramidale, ayertice
sensim declinatum, anie aures intumescens, in apice obtusum, uudique scntellis multaugulis .rregularibus
vesútum, nares in rostri apice, laterales; o cul i laterales in medio capitis siti, palpebrrs duabus
smiamulosis tecti; aures apertae, oYales, sento semilunar! fla™ in margine antico munitae, subtus pltcae
lateralis initio nonnihil absconditae, ut tan^uam foramen Iriangulnm ertns appareant, tympanum m
meatu auditorio brevi depressum. Scutum rostrale semicirculare; scuta marginalia labii superloris 5, prrnaum
trapezoideum, secundum, tertium subaecpralia, quadrangula, qnartnm illis multo longins, subcpradrangnlmn,
qnintnm elonga.o-trigonnm, apice meatus auditoril scntellnm attingens; scuta labii inienons qnatnor, tertimn
ceteris mains; scuta nasalia duo parva, alte trapezoldea, in confinio naribus pertusa; scutnm loreum
subtiuadratmn, orbitale anterins polygonum, utrumque magnum, hoc pone scutello parvo, perangusto, subquadrangulo,
inter scutella labialia et prima snborbitalia sito, auctnm; scntum frontale antenus latum elongato
rhombeun,, augulis lateralibus truncatis (O) hexagonnm; frontalia posteriora irregularia, subtrape.odea
verticale elongato-hexagonnm, latum; scutella snperciliaria 4, duo intermedia .naxuna, irregularia, subquadrangula,
externa parva, triangula; scutella supraorbitalia 5 anticum parvum, trape^ideum, secundum
angnstum elongattun, pentagonum, posteriora tria minora, quadrangula; scuta postorbitalia 3 parva, qnadrangida;
orbitam infra cingmrt scutella 8 parva, angusta, quorum anteriora ceteris longiora; scuta occtprtis 5,
intermedium parvum elongatwhombeum, quatuor magnis undique inclusum, quorttm anteriora duo obliqua,
lata, trape^oidea, posteriora dno maxima, irregulariter pentagon»; scuta temporalia 5 intermedmm parvum
quadratum, quatuor permagnis, irregulariter mnlwugulis inclusum; n.entum scutellis quatuor tecttm,,
quorum anteriora trapezoidea, posteriora duo multo malora, irregtrlaria. Lingua basi crassa, lata, versus
apicem obttrsum, vix emarginatum sensim attenuata, ultra medium affixa. Dentes maxi l larum numerosi,
maxillae margini interno adnati, conici, subrecurvi, anteriores simplices, posteriores dentículo antico sub
apice aneti, palat ini 8 simplices, obtuse conici.
T r u n c u s continuus, cylindricus, lateribus intractis perpcndicularlbus subtetragonus dorsi fiistigio rotundato
obtnsus, plica laterali utrinque ab oris ángulo infra meatum auditorium in colli latere, et demceps
sub humero in pectoris abdominisqne latere excurrente et prope femora sensim evanescenti msignis. Cervix
et dor sum squamis adpressis quadrangubs, scutilormibus, per series transversas disposius verfcUata.