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  • female: many irregular blotches
    operculum: white-edged dark oval
    male: rear back - 3 black blotches
    behind chin 1 pore
    pectoral 15
    A 20-23; LL 51-56
    belly & flank scales same size
    scales before D & on pectoral base
  • male: rear back - 3 black blotches + white dots
    female: yellowish, diffuse bars, many white dots
    D XX
    behind chin 1-2 pores
    A 20
    LL 52-58
    scales before D, not on pectoral base
  • body: 4-5 dark bars
    female - mesh of lines on flank
    male - red below
    D XXI, 12
    behind chin 1-2 pores
    A 22-23
    LL 53-65
    scales on pectoral base, & bread & sometimes nape
  • body: bars
    flank: narrow stripes
    pelvic base: dark spot
    under head usually barred
    male: lower 1/2 red
    behind chin 1-3 pores
    A 18-23
    LL 54-56
    +/- scales on pectoral base, none before D
  • body: bars
    flank stripes
    under head spotted
    behind chin 5-6 pores
    A 18-23
    LL 51-53
    pelvic base dark spot
    male red below
    scales: pectoral base +/-, none before D
  • just behind eye - black spot
    lower head & body: many dark spots
    A 18-20
    LL 53-61
    male: scales on breast
    no scales on nape, +/- on pectoral base
  • lower body ~ 6 brown lines
    flank - central stripe
    pectoral & belly yellow
    A 18-20
    LL 50-55
    no scales before D or on pectoral base
  • 2 dark blotches behind eye
    throat & belly: dark spots
    front D: outer edge not dark
    behind chin 4-5 pores
    A 19
    LL 54-58
    scales before D, not on pectoral base