. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE HERPETOLOGY OF HISPANIOLA 255 dark stripe; ventral surface pale with dark spots, more distinct on the throat; tail colored like the body but lighter. Paratypes.— Nos. 44375 and 44376 and Nos. 107563 and 107564, all with the same data as the type. Variations.—The measurements of the paratypes are shown in table 46. The dorsal coloration in all is the same as that of the type. The smallest paratypes are glaucous blue ventrally, with faint darker mottlings. The length of the hindleg is between 25 and 28 percent of the total l
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE HERPETOLOGY OF HISPANIOLA 255 dark stripe; ventral surface pale with dark spots, more distinct on the throat; tail colored like the body but lighter. Paratypes.— Nos. 44375 and 44376 and Nos. 107563 and 107564, all with the same data as the type. Variations.—The measurements of the paratypes are shown in table 46. The dorsal coloration in all is the same as that of the type. The smallest paratypes are glaucous blue ventrally, with faint darker mottlings. The length of the hindleg is between 25 and 28 percent of the total length in these Figure 69.—Celestus darlingtoni: a, Top of head; b, profile of head; c, chin. No. 107563, paratype, from Valle Nuevo, southeast of Constanza, Dominican Republic. Three times natural size. Table 46.—Variations in four paratypes of Celestus darlingtoni {measurements in millimeters) Measurement ^jt'^A^^K ^it'^^^^^^ No. 107563 No. 107564 (juv.) Head Head width Head and body Tail Foreleg Hindleg Dorsal scales V^entral scales Scale rows around Supraoculars Subdigital lamellae, fourth toe No. 44375 ' No. 44376 No. 107563 (cf) 10 13 8 10 50 52 63 54 57 44 (repr.) 10 10 14 18 86 80 81 57 53 54 38 37 38 5 5 5 14-15 14-14 16-15 42 45 8 n 81 58 37 5 13-13 Genus SAURESIA Gray 1852. Sauresia Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, vol. 10, p. 281 (type, S. sepsoides). 1863. Embryopus Weinland, Abh. Senck. Naturf. Ges., vol. 4, pt. 2, p. 135 (type, E. habichii).. 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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