| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size moderate (SVL in males to 91 mm, to 63 mm in females); 3-5
rows of loreals; 0 scales between supraorbital semicircles; 0-1 scales between interparietal and supraorbital semicircles; scales behind interparietal grade gradually into dorsals; 3-5 postrostrals; 3--6 postmentals; suboculars in contact with supralabials; dorsal scales small, granular, 2 dorsalmost rows enlarged; midventral scales almost square, smooth, juxtaposed; supradigital scales multicarinate; 5-7 rows of vertical scales/lOth caudal verticil. Dorsal ground color (males) brown, olive, pale apple-green; dorsum patternless or chevronate, or reticulate mottling (southernmost Maria I.); laterally some blue tones, may be extensive and deep or vague; flank stripe vague to blue; eyelids pale greenish, tan, blue, or white; venter tannish white or with a yellow wash; dewlap: (a) grayish yellow or dull orange with white scales, (b) plain gray with faint, greenish wash to brick-red with green scales; females similar to males, but duller and browner, less color change, and have dark chevrons with whitish posterior borders, with or without middorsal stripe; iris varies from blackish brown to blue, including turquoise (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 292). |
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