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  • eyes: stalked, no papillae
    rear body + chevrons
    C rays unbranched
    mouth unpigmented
    lip flaps: ~15, bottom ~21
    rear nostril near front nostril
    1 row scales over LL arch
    D ~28; A ~34
    notch under tail base
  • eyes: on short stalks, no papillae
    body: 9-15 wide saddles, 2 stripes
    C rays branched
    mouth pigmented
    no scales over LL arch
    no notch under C base
  • eyes on stalks, +/- tiny papillae
    mouth pigmented
    head & body speckled
    C: short, some rays branched
    chin projects
    lip skin flaps: ~15 above, ~ 28 below
    lot scales over LL arch
    D ~XIII, 34; A ~39
    no notch under tail base
  • eyes stalked, no papillae
    mouth unpigmented
    T bar on head; white saddles atop body
    C: rays unbranched
    lip flaps branched: 11 top, 16 bottom
    no scales over front LL, 1 row over arch
    D ~XII, 25: A ~29
    notch under tail base
  • eyes on stalks, with papillae
    side - 3 dark stripes
    C: short, some rays branched, base - black spot
    mouth pigmented
    chin projects
    lip skin flaps: ~17 above, ~ 25 below
    lot scales over LL arch
    D ~XII,33; A ~37
    no notch under tail base
  • eyes: stalked, no papillae
    mouth unpigmented
    rear body: no chevrons
    C rays unbranched
    lip flaps: top ~12, bottom ~17
    rear nostril near front nostril
    no scales over LL arch
    D ~26; A ~32
    notch under tail base
  • eyes stalked, with papillae
    body: 12-15 narrow saddles; head spotted
    C rays mostly branched
    mouth pigmented
    several rows scales over LL arch
    no notch under tail base
  • eyes stalked, no papillae
    nostrils: rear nostril opens behind front
    13-15 saddles, 2 stripes, nape mottled
    C: unbranched rays
    top lip: ~14 flaps
    1 row scales over LL arch
    notch under tail base
  • eyes stalked, no papillae
    body: 5-6 saddles
    eyes in dark mask, white T behind
    C: rays unbranched
    mouth unpigmented
    lip flaps; ~8 above, ~12 below
    no scales over LL arch
    notch under tail base
    LL 37-38
  • eyes stalked, 1 papilla
    chin not strongly projecting
    dark saddles: nape 2, back 10
    C: rays branched
    mouth pigmented
    lip flaps: ~16 above, ~23 below
    scales over LL arch
    no notch under tail base