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(5) E. laugsdor^L. — A'entrals 204 — 225 ; subcaudals 87 — 54 ; 

 I + 1 temporals. 



Colour dark lu'own, with (58 transverse series of cream-coloured 

 spots, each occupying one scale ; belly yellow, with red cross-bands. 

 Total length, 800 millimetres. 

 Habitat : Upper Amazons. 



(6) E. hucldeiji. — 208—211 ventrals ; 8'J— 43 subcaudals ; 1 + 2 

 temporals. 



Colour orange, with 48 — 60 black annuli edged with small 

 yellow spots ; head black ; temples yellow. 

 Total length, 505 millimetres; tail 70. 

 Habitat : Northern Brazil, Eastern Ecuador. 



(7) E. aiioinalus. — 227 ventrals ; 29 subcaudals ; 1 + 1 temporals. 

 Colour : Body with 55 black annuli separated by narrow 



brownish-white bands ; belly yellowish ; anterior half of head black, 

 posterior half yellow ; tail yellow or red, with 4 black rings. 



Total length, 280 milhmetres ; tail 23. 



Habitat : Colombia. 



(8) E. heterozomis. — Scales in 15 rows ; 210 — 219 ventrals ; 

 16 — 28 subcaudals ; 1 + 1 temporals. 



Colour red or brown, with 17 to 23 black rings, mostly narrower 

 than the interspaces ; a black band on the head across the eyes. 

 Total length, 900 millimetres ; tail 40. 

 Habitat : Eastern Ecuador, Eastern Peru, Bolivia. 



(9) E. elegaiis. — Scales in 15 rows : 189 — 221 ventrals ; 29 — 47 

 subcaudals ; 1 + 1 temporals. 



Colour : Black annuli in sets of three, separated l)y reddish- 

 brown interspaces ; 12 — 17 sets ; head black, with yellow l)lotches. 

 Total length, 730 millimetres: tail 70. 

 Habitat : ^Mexico and Guatemala. 



(10) E. annellatns. — Scales in 15 rows ; 200 — 211 ventrals ; 

 30 — 45 subcaudals ; 1 -f 1 temporals. 



Colour black, with 41 — 49 narrow white rings on the body, 

 4 — 7 on the tail ; a white ring on the head. 



