. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Figure 4. T. a. khuzistanensis, one of the male paratypes (FMNH 170936). Note the presence of a strongly compressed tail and relatively heterogeneous dorsal Figure 6. Habitat and type locality of T. a. khuzistanen- sis, 5 km northwest of Haft- Gel on the road to Shush- tar, Khuzistan province, southwestern Iran. In the foreground the author is attempting to capture the holo- type from inside of its underground hole. sals relatively larger, grading into distinctly smaller scales of dorso
. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Figure 4. T. a. khuzistanensis, one of the male paratypes (FMNH 170936). Note the presence of a strongly compressed tail and relatively heterogeneous dorsal Figure 6. Habitat and type locality of T. a. khuzistanen- sis, 5 km northwest of Haft- Gel on the road to Shush- tar, Khuzistan province, southwestern Iran. In the foreground the author is attempting to capture the holo- type from inside of its underground hole. sals relatively larger, grading into distinctly smaller scales of dorsolateral region which are only slightly keeled and mucronate; 94-95 scales round middle of body; scales of upper surface of limbs larger than median dorsals, distinctly keeled, slightly mucronate: lower surface of digits covered by bi-or tri carinate lamellae, 18-19 under the fourth toe; ventral scales almost as large as median dorsals, imbricate, very slightly keeled or smooth, 84-85 scales in a single row from gular fold to the anterior edge of anus; callose preanal scales in one row, slightly developed, consist- ing 10 scales; caudal scales larger than median dor- sals, strongly keeled, distinctly mucronate, 34-36 around base of tail just behind vent; tail weakly com- pressed at base, distinctly so towards the tip, its length of body length. Coloration and color pattern: upper surface of head and limbs uniformly yellowish-grey, ground color of dorsum yellowish-grey-cream with 5 large, broad, light-brown cross bars from nape to sacrum, inter- rupted by a series of light, large vertebral ocelli and. 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 Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; Chung-kuo liang chi pa hsing tung wu hs©eh hui. Berkeley, Calif. : Asiatic Herpetological Research Society : Chinese
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