| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A member of the E. depressa species-group, with a relatively long, deep and broad head, long limbs, long and thin dorsal spines that lie almost parallel to body and project clearly beyond scale, nasals in broad contact, divided nasal scale, numerous supraciliaries (4–6), head scales not raised and lacking spines on posterior border, ear opening large without lobules projecting over opening, 32–38 MBSR, numerous subdigital lamellae on fourth digits (fingers 12–16, toes 14–16), slightly raised flat scales on palmar and plantar surfaces, tail wide, dorsal surface of tail flat with long recurved spines. Colouration: head brown with black sutures, anterior of body light brown, posterior brownish-grey, irregular dark transverse bands on tail and posterior two-thirds of body, bands often edged with white [from DOUGHTY et al. 2011].
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