. Breviora. BREVIORA No. 222 Coloration (Fig. 2): Ground color of body chestnut; mid- dorsal scales from prefrontal back, chestnut with faint lighter (tannish brown) lateral corners. First paramedian dorsal rows (including supranasals, supraoculars, parietals and postparie- tals) plus dorsal third of second paramedian rows tannish brown. Central axis of first paramedian dorsal rows suffused with darker brown forming a thin darker line on these rows,. A B Fig. 2. A, color pattern at midbody of L. pyrites; B, color pattern at midbody of L. iilineata. resulting pattern trilineate on light middors
. Breviora. BREVIORA No. 222 Coloration (Fig. 2): Ground color of body chestnut; mid- dorsal scales from prefrontal back, chestnut with faint lighter (tannish brown) lateral corners. First paramedian dorsal rows (including supranasals, supraoculars, parietals and postparie- tals) plus dorsal third of second paramedian rows tannish brown. Central axis of first paramedian dorsal rows suffused with darker brown forming a thin darker line on these rows,. A B Fig. 2. A, color pattern at midbody of L. pyrites; B, color pattern at midbody of L. iilineata. resulting pattern trilineate on light middorsal zone (Fig. 2A) ; middorsal stripe slightly club-shaped anteriorly because of en- largement of median cephalic scales. Upper and lower labial margins light, nearly continuous with light areas on top of head flanking median dark stripe; paramedian dark lines commence on first scale behind second parietal; rostral faintly suffused with brown. Variation: Head scalation in the two paratypes is much the same as that of the type. Total length of each paratype 123 mm; diameters at midbody ( and mm) go into total length 65 and 61 times; tail lengths into total lengths go 21 times for each specimen. Middorsal scales 269 and 283; 15 and 16 sub- caudals; 14 scale rows and 12 scales around the base of tail in both paratypes. Color patterns the same as that of the type. Comparisons and discussion: As noted previously, L. pyrites is most closely related to hilineata, described by Schlegel from Martinique; hilineata is additionally recorded from Guadeloupe (Dumeril and Bibron, fide Barbour, 1914), Barbados (Boulenger, 1893), and St. Lucia. (See also below, specimens examined.). 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 Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. , Museum of Comparativ
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