. Current herpetology. Reptiles; Herpetology. Current Herpetol. 21(1) 2002. FIG. 7. Lateral (A), dorsal (B), and ventral (C) views of head scales of Tropidophorus murphyi sp. nov. (holotype, ROM 41227). paravertebral scales smooth or feebly keeled, subequal to neighboring scales in size; 55-67 paravertebral scales; dorsolateral and lateral scales distinctly keeled; 30-32 midbody scale rows. See Discussion for comparisons with other congeneric species. Description of holotype Snout rounded, rostral partly visible from above; no supranasals; frontonasal undivided, overlapped by rostral, nasals,
. Current herpetology. Reptiles; Herpetology. Current Herpetol. 21(1) 2002. FIG. 7. Lateral (A), dorsal (B), and ventral (C) views of head scales of Tropidophorus murphyi sp. nov. (holotype, ROM 41227). paravertebral scales smooth or feebly keeled, subequal to neighboring scales in size; 55-67 paravertebral scales; dorsolateral and lateral scales distinctly keeled; 30-32 midbody scale rows. See Discussion for comparisons 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 overlapping prefrontals; pre- frontals contacting each other at point, overlapped by frontonasals, upper anterior and posterior loreals, and overlapping fron- tal, first supraoculars, and first supercili- aries; frontal large, narrowing postriorly, overlapped by prefrontals, and overlapping first and second supraoculars and frontopa- rietals; supraoculars four, overlapped by superciliaries; superciliaries six in left, seven in right; interparietal smaller than frontal, narrowing and slightly concave posteriorly, overlapping parietals; small transparent spot on interparietal, showing location of parietal foramen; parietals separated by interparietal; three pairs of nuchals; nostril piercing nasal; nasal overlapped by rostral and first suprala- bial, and overlapping frontonasal and two anterior loreals; both anterior loreals over- lapped by nasal, and overlapping posterior loreal; lower anterior loreal very slightly overlapped by second supralabial, and over- lapping upper anterior loreal, but not contacting first supralabial; upper anterior loreal overlap- ping frontonasal and prefrontal; supralabi- als six, three anterior to, one just beneath, and two posterior to orbit; shallow groove running on loreal-labial border, posteriorly crossing subocular in obliquely downward direction; two presuboculars, anterior one larger than posterior one, overlapped b
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