Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 3, Volume 4 (Zoology) — John Shaqi
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 3, Volume 4 (Zoology)Various
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Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 3, Volume 4 (Zoology)
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Zoology -- Periodicals
_Description._--Body and head considerably depressed; snout
low, rounded and rather long; nostrils large, opening upward
and outward nearer to end of snout than to orbit; head plates
large, smooth, nearly flat, interparietal largest; frontal
divided transversely; 4 or 5 enlarged supraoculars, separated
from the frontals by 1 and from the frontoparietals by 2 series
of granules; superciliaries long, narrow and projecting; central
subocular very long, narrow and strongly keeled; rostral and
supralabials long and low; 6 or 7 supralabials; symphyseal
moderately small, followed by 2 or 3 pairs of larger plates
separated from the infralabials by 1 or 2 series of moderately
enlarged sublabials; gular region covered with small, smooth,
hexagonal or rounded scales which change gradually to granules
on sides of neck and to larger imbricate scales on the strong
gular fold, largest on denticulate edge of gular fold where
somewhat larger than ventrals; several enlarged plates in
front of ear-opening; ear denticulation short, of 3 scales,
the largest not exceeding in length diameter of largest plate
in front of ear; back covered with tubercular scales of nearly
uniform size becoming granular toward neck and sides of body,
scales of central rows very weakly keeled, not imbricate, not
mucronate, often separated by minute granules; scales largest on
tail, very weakly keeled, shortly mucronate above and on sides,
not imbricate; posterior surfaces of thighs and arms covered
with small granular scales similar to those on sides of body;
other surfaces of limbs provided with imbricate scales, smooth
on arm and nearly smooth on forearm and thigh, keeled on upper
surface of leg; femoral pores 15 and 16; 26-30 largest dorsals
equal shielded part of head; fifth finger not reaching end of
second; fifth toe not reaching end of second; adpressed fore
limb not reaching insertion of thigh.
Head above uniform olive-brown; central portion of the neck,
back and base of tail with a uniform brown ground with thickly
scattered dots of pale blue on single scales; sides yellowish
brown with scattered scales of pale yellow; upper surfaces of
limbs and tail light brown dotted with pale blue; chin and
gular region deep indigo with yellowish marks laterally and on
labials; lower surfaces of body and limbs grayish indigo; large
postaxillary blotch of blackish indigo.
_Female._--Similar in all respects except femoral pores 13 and
15; light dots on back, limbs and tail indistinct; 2 rows of
dark brown dorsal blotches becoming 1 row on tail; an indistinct
series of brown lateral blotches; limbs with faint brown
cross-bars.
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