. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. \ /. FIG. 3. Paralectotype of Stellio sacra ZSI 15740. lateral surface of the tail there are three to four annuli in each segment. There is a small granular dark pattern on the back. The center of the back tends to have more black and toward the sides a dark golden brown dominates. The separate elements of this pattern are connected to heavily marked diffuse transverse stripes. The narrow stripes form two rows of the dark colored scales that continue from the neck to the tail. Overall the lizard is
. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. \ /. FIG. 3. Paralectotype of Stellio sacra ZSI 15740. lateral surface of the tail there are three to four annuli in each segment. There is a small granular dark pattern on the back. The center of the back tends to have more black and toward the sides a dark golden brown dominates. The separate elements of this pattern are connected to heavily marked diffuse transverse stripes. The narrow stripes form two rows of the dark colored scales that continue from the neck to the tail. Overall the lizard is darkly colored but there are a few randomly scattered yellow blotches on the back (). Juveniles are lighter in color tending more toward a dark golden brown with darker speckling all over the back. The dark golden brown forms bands across the back which are offset at the spine. Comparative Description Stellio sacra differs from Stellio himalayanus and related forms in all the diagnosis characters. Stellio sacra is only similar in body size to Stellio stoliczkanus among the species examined. Other species are notably smaller (Table 1; Anderson and Leviton 1969; Ananjeva et al. 1981). The body proportion data concerning Stellio sacra and the Stellio himalayanus species complex indicates small differences. 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 Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
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