Archive image from page 13 of Current herpetology (2000). Current herpetology currentherpeto2112002niho Year: 2000 ( 12 Current Herpetol. 21(1) 2002 C Fig. 3. Lateral (A), dorsal (B), and ventral (C) views of head scales of Tropidophorus lati- scutatus sp. nov. (holotype, TNHM-R-60001). type, collected from 20 to 23 October 1996. 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 more or less keeled; fronto- nasal undivided; 6-7 superciliaries; paraver- tebral scales smooth or feebly kee
Archive image from page 13 of Current herpetology (2000). Current herpetology currentherpeto2112002niho Year: 2000 ( 12 Current Herpetol. 21(1) 2002 C Fig. 3. Lateral (A), dorsal (B), and ventral (C) views of head scales of Tropidophorus lati- scutatus sp. nov. (holotype, TNHM-R-60001). type, collected from 20 to 23 October 1996. 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 more or less keeled; fronto- nasal undivided; 6-7 superciliaries; paraver- tebral scales smooth or feebly keeled, twice as broad as neighboring scales; 58-63 paraver- tebral scales; dorsolateral and lateral scales distinctly keeled; usually 28 (but rarely 30) midbody scale rows. See Discussion for com- parisons with other congeneric species. Description of holotype Snout rounded, rostral partly visible from above; no supranasals; frontonasal undivided, overlapped by rostral, nasals, and upper anterior loreals, and overlapping prefrontals and frontal; prefrontals separated, overlapped by frontonasal, upper anterior, and poste- rior loreals, and overlapping frontal, first supraoculars, and first superciliaries; frontal large, narrowing posteriorly, overlapped by frontonasal and prefrontals, and overlapping first, second, and third supraoculars and frontoparietals; supraoculars four, first one divided into upper and lower elements, overlapped by superciliaries; seven supercili- aries; interparietal smaller than frontal, narrowing and slightly concave posteriorly, overlapping parietals; small transparent spot on interparietal, showing location of pari- etal foramen; parietals separated by interpa- rietal; nuchals four on left, three on right, anteriormost ones separated; nostril piercing nasal; nasal overlapped by rostral and first supralabial, and overlapping frontonasal and two anterior loreals; both anterior lore- als overlapped by nasal, and overlapping posterior loreal; lower anterio
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