. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figs. -IIOLAECHUS FORMOSANUS- 2 X NAT. SIZE. 304, TOP OF HEAD; 305, SIDE OF HEAD; 306, UNDERSIDE OF HEAD. No. 17a, SCI. COLL. TOKYO. and prefrontals; and a few dark marks on some of the supralabials; underside whitish shaded with pale drab toward the lateral ventral angle, which is thus marked off as a fairly distinct white line. I)ime7isions. mm. Total length 557 Snout to vent 449 Vent to tip of tail 108 The younger specimens, for instance No. 34045, are much darker in coloration, the color above being dark drab with a rufous medi
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figs. -IIOLAECHUS FORMOSANUS- 2 X NAT. SIZE. 304, TOP OF HEAD; 305, SIDE OF HEAD; 306, UNDERSIDE OF HEAD. No. 17a, SCI. COLL. TOKYO. and prefrontals; and a few dark marks on some of the supralabials; underside whitish shaded with pale drab toward the lateral ventral angle, which is thus marked off as a fairly distinct white line. I)ime7isions. mm. Total length 557 Snout to vent 449 Vent to tip of tail 108 The younger specimens, for instance No. 34045, are much darker in coloration, the color above being dark drab with a rufous median dorsal line interrupted by very short, blackish crossbars; sides pos- teriorly nearly uniform, with a narrow dusky longitudinal line on the fourth scale row; markings on head essentially as in adults. Variation.—Occasionalh^ specimens are found with a divided anal. The parietals in the three specimens examined by me show the curious characteristic of being in contact with the lower postocular. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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