. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 61.—Audantia shrevei: a, Top of head; b, profile of head. No. 107558, paratype, from Valle Nuevo, southeast of Constanza, Dominican Republic. Twice natural size. keeled rhomboidal scales converging anteriorly and surrounding a median group of six subequal keeled scales; supraorbital semicircles separated by one row of scales; supraocular region covered by a patch of enlarged keeled scales arranged more or less in three longitudinal rows, the outer (smallest) row separated from the superciliaries by three rows of very small sc
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 61.—Audantia shrevei: a, Top of head; b, profile of head. No. 107558, paratype, from Valle Nuevo, southeast of Constanza, Dominican Republic. Twice natural size. keeled rhomboidal scales converging anteriorly and surrounding a median group of six subequal keeled scales; supraorbital semicircles separated by one row of scales; supraocular region covered by a patch of enlarged keeled scales arranged more or less in three longitudinal rows, the outer (smallest) row separated from the superciliaries by three rows of very small scales, the inner (largest) from the supraorbital semicircle by one row of scales; occipital scale quite small, separated from the semicircles by two rows of scales; eight supralabials, the posterior ones with a faint longitudinal keel, suture between sixth and seventh falling below center of eye; subocular semicircle composed of six or seven keeled scales, separated from the supralabials by one row of very elongate, keeled scales; a pair of triangular mentals closely in contact medially, their outer borders extending slightly beyond those of rostral; eight infralabials decreasing in size posteriorly, smooth except for a deep hollow in the median ones; one large and two or three smaller rows of malar scales, very distinct where they border. 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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