. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 312 BULLETIN 17 7, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM scales; an enlarged straplike plate on each side of the frontal and in contact with the posterior border of the ocular shield for half its length; eye distinctly visible; 20 scale rows around the body; about 285 scales on the middle line of the body underneath from chin to vent and 15 under the tail, which ends in a spine. Dimensions: Head and body, 140 mm.; tail, 5 mm.; diameter of body, 4 mm. Color (in alcohol): Light brown above; edges of scales darker than their centers; the head plates in
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 312 BULLETIN 17 7, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM scales; an enlarged straplike plate on each side of the frontal and in contact with the posterior border of the ocular shield for half its length; eye distinctly visible; 20 scale rows around the body; about 285 scales on the middle line of the body underneath from chin to vent and 15 under the tail, which ends in a spine. Dimensions: Head and body, 140 mm.; tail, 5 mm.; diameter of body, 4 mm. Color (in alcohol): Light brown above; edges of scales darker than their centers; the head plates in front of the eye buff, without mark- ings, the remainder of the head scales like those of the body; throat buff; the rest of the ventral surface grayish white, merging evenly into the darker dorsal color. Variations.—To judge by the drawing of the type specimen in Dr. Thomas Barbour's original description, the type has a wider rostral than do those of the National Museum collection. The second supralabial seems a little lower in the figure of the type than in any of. 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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