Description
Head moderate; snout short, obtuse. Nasal rather large, usually divided, in contact with the two anterior upper labials ; no postnasal ; 5 supraoculars, the three anterior m contact with the frontal; parietals entirely separated by the interparietal; 4 or 5 pairs of nuchals; ear-opening rather large, with 4 or 5 long pointed lobules anteriorly; 2 azygos postmentals. 22 to 28 scales round the middle of the body, perfectly smooth, the laterals smallest, those of the two median dorsal series very broad and larger than the ventrals. The length of the hind limb is contained 2.5 to 3 times in the length from snout to vent; when pressed against the body the limbs just meet or fail to meet. A series of transversely enlarged subcaudals. Olive-grey or brownish above, uniform or with irregular golden-yellow spots or longitudinal streaks; a yellowish lateral streak, extending from below the eye to the hind limb, is constant; lower surfaces yellowish white. From snout to vent it measures 6.5 inches, not including a tail length of eight inches.
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