. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 246 BULLETIN 17 7, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM and first superciliary; third with first superciliary; a long subocular lying above the sixth and seventh (or seventh and eighth) supralabials, which it scarcely displaces; 10 supralabials on the left side, 9 on the right; four temporals in the first row, forming a semicircle behind the eye; mental very small, not differentiated except by position from the neighboring infralabials, followed by a large unpaired postmental;. Figure 67.—Celestus costatus: a-c, Top of head (a), side of head (i), a
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 246 BULLETIN 17 7, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM and first superciliary; third with first superciliary; a long subocular lying above the sixth and seventh (or seventh and eighth) supralabials, which it scarcely displaces; 10 supralabials on the left side, 9 on the right; four temporals in the first row, forming a semicircle behind the eye; mental very small, not differentiated except by position from the neighboring infralabials, followed by a large unpaired postmental;. Figure 67.—Celestus costatus: a-c, Top of head (a), side of head (i), and chin (c) of ^No. 61931, from Laguna, near Samana, Dominican Republic, X IV2; d, top of head of No. 10260, from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (type of C. rugosus Cope), X 2; e, top of head of No. 12145, from near Port-au-Prince, Haiti (type of C. weinlandii Cope), X 2. four pairs of chin shields, the first two pairs of which are in contact with the infralabials; ear opening roundish, about one-half the diame- ter of the eye opening on the left side of the head, smaller still on the other side; body elongate, the tips of the adpressed fore limbs and hind limbs just failing to meet; 43 scales around the body anteriorly, 39 posteriorly; 100 dorsal scales in a straight line between the occipital and a point du'ectly above the vent; 60 ventrals from the anal plates to the center of the breast level with the axillae; dorsals and laterals. 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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