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  • elongate
    body light + dark lines
    D XI-XII
    roof mouth - tooth patch a V or crescent
  • red & yellow
    blue line under eye
    roof mouth - tooth patch anchor shaped
  • dark red
    above LL: scale rows parallel to LL
    roof mouth - tooth patch a crescent
    A 8, pointed
  • silver/pink + yellow stripes & black blotch
    roof mouth - tooth patch a V, with short rear extension
    A 8, rounded
  • elongate
    dark lines along scale rows
    C: forked, fin & base yellow
    roof mouth - tooth patch triangular, with short rear extension
  • oblong
    grey to red
    above LL: scale rows parallel to LL
    roof mouth - tooth patch diamond shaped
    A: rounded, 9
  • oblong
    grey-brown + 8-9 dark bars
    above LL: scale rows oblique
    roof mouth - tooth patch a crescent
    tongue - at least 1 patch granular teeth
    A: rounded, 7-8
  • oval
    2 grooves - eye to nostril + behind eye
    silvery pink
    above LL: scale rows oblique
    roof mouth - tooth patch diamond shaped
    A 8, pointed
  • yellow + 5 blue & black stripes
    roof mouth - tooth patch a V