. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. HERPETOLOGY OF JAPAN. 309 shorter than parietals, the sides strongly convergent backward, the width at the posterior hiteral angle being less than width of supra- ocular; nostril large, between two nasals, the posterior of which is less than half as wide as the anterior; loreal much wider than high; one preocular, not in contact with frontal; a subpreocular; eye large, its diameter equaling half its distance from tip of snout; tw^o postocu- lars; temporals 2 + 3; eight supralabials, seventh largest, fourth and fifth entering eye; five lower
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. HERPETOLOGY OF JAPAN. 309 shorter than parietals, the sides strongly convergent backward, the width at the posterior hiteral angle being less than width of supra- ocular; nostril large, between two nasals, the posterior of which is less than half as wide as the anterior; loreal much wider than high; one preocular, not in contact with frontal; a subpreocular; eye large, its diameter equaling half its distance from tip of snout; tw^o postocu- lars; temporals 2 + 3; eight supralabials, seventh largest, fourth and fifth entering eye; five lower labials in contact with anterior chin- shields, which are slightly longer than posterior; 23 rows of scales all strongly keeled except outer two rows; 214 ventrals, angularly bent laterally; anal divided; 97 pairs of subcaudals. Color (in alco- hol) olive clay color, pale underneath; back with blackish ill-defined cross markings the black color only involving the edge of the scales. 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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