. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 29.—Gonaiodes notatus: a, Top of head; b, side of head and scapular pattern; c, chin and throat; d, ventral scales. No. 74013, from Diquini Cave, Haiti. Three times natural size. three slightly enlarged chin shields followed by others passing gradually into the minute granules of the gular region. Ventral scales larger than dorsals, about 13 or 14 equaling the distance between the end of the snout and the center of the eye, flat, rounded, and imbricating. Tail (partly reproduced) cylindrical, tapering, blunt at the tip, a lit
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 29.—Gonaiodes notatus: a, Top of head; b, side of head and scapular pattern; c, chin and throat; d, ventral scales. No. 74013, from Diquini Cave, Haiti. Three times natural size. three slightly enlarged chin shields followed by others passing gradually into the minute granules of the gular region. Ventral scales larger than dorsals, about 13 or 14 equaling the distance between the end of the snout and the center of the eye, flat, rounded, and imbricating. Tail (partly reproduced) cylindrical, tapering, blunt at the tip, a little longer than head and body, covered above with uniform, small, slightly imbricate scales, inferiorly with larger scales, those of the median series enlarged and irregular in shape. Subfemoral scales large, equal in size to the largest of the postabdominals, and abruptly changing to the very small granular scales of the postfemoral regions. Color (in alcohol): Dorsum olive-gray, darkening slightly toward snout. Throat white with lateral reticulations of geranium pink. Belly pale olive-gray; bottom of tail white. Upper and posterior lower labials with black markings. In front of shoulder a very irregu- 226S49—41-. 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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