. Current herpetology. Reptiles; Herpetology. HIKIDA ET AL.—NEW DEPRESSED-BODIED TROPIDOPHORUS 15. Fig. 5. Lateral (A), dorsal (B), and ventral (C) views of head scales of Tropidophorus matsuii sp. nov. (holotype, TNHM-R-60006). Paratypes and other specimens None. Diagnosis A Tropidophorus with moderately depressed head, body, and tail; scales on dorsal surface of head smooth as a whole, but those in temporal region keeled; frontonasal divided; eight superciliaries; paravertebral scales smooth or feebly keeled, subequal to neighboring scales in size; 65 paravertebral scales; dorso- lateral and
. Current herpetology. Reptiles; Herpetology. HIKIDA ET AL.—NEW DEPRESSED-BODIED TROPIDOPHORUS 15. Fig. 5. Lateral (A), dorsal (B), and ventral (C) views of head scales of Tropidophorus matsuii sp. nov. (holotype, TNHM-R-60006). Paratypes and other specimens None. Diagnosis A Tropidophorus with moderately depressed head, body, and tail; scales on dorsal surface of head smooth as a whole, but those in temporal region keeled; frontonasal divided; eight superciliaries; paravertebral scales smooth or feebly keeled, subequal to neighboring scales in size; 65 paravertebral scales; dorso- lateral and lateral scales distinctly keeled; 34 midbody scale rows. See Discussion for comparisons with other congeneric species. Description of holotype Snout rounded, rostral partly visible from above; no supranasals; frontonasal divided with right element smaller than left one, overlapped by rostral, nasals, and upper anterior loreals, and overlapping prefrontals; prefrontals overlapped by frontonasals, upper anterior, and posterior loreals, and overlapping frontal, first supraoculars, and first superciliaries; right prefrontal narrowly overlapped by left one; frontal large, nar- rowing posteriorly, overlapped by prefrontals, and overlapping first and second supraocu- lars and frontoparietals; supraoculars four, overlapped by superciliaries; eight supercili- aries; interparietal smaller than frontal, nar- rowing and slightly concave posteriorly, and overlapping parietals; small transparent spot on interparietal, showing location of parietal foramen; parietals separated by interparietal; nuchals lacking; nostril piercing nasal; nasal overlapped by rostral and first supralabial, and overlapping frontonasal and two anterior loreals; both anterior loreals overlapped by nasal, and overlapping posterior loreal; lower anterior loreal overlapping upper anterior loreal and very slightly second supralabial, and contacting first supralabial at point; upper anterior loreal overlapping frontonas
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