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  • body soft, flabby
    snout short, round
    ridge under eye
    D1 < D2; D1 origin before pelvic origin
    D2 ~ A, origin over front 1/2 A base
    C almost no lower lobe
    denticle crests: top edge C, bottom edge tail base
  • adult plain brown
    juvenile: ~8 dark bars
    elongate, slender; v long tail base
    Ds > pelvics, concave rear edges
    D1 origin over front 1/2 pelvic base
  • dark + dark saddles
    few/no dark spots
    D2 < D1