( XXV ) 

 SiMOTES. 



Scales smooth, in 17 to 21 rows. Prefrontals narrow. Nasals 

 two. 



Scales in 17 rows. Anal bifid. Loreal none. 



Belly white . . . S, albiventer. 



Belly black checquered ... S. venustus. 



Scales in 17 rows. Anal bifid. Loreal present. 



Belly white. Back, black barred ... S. Russellii. 



Belly white. Back chequered with lozenge 



spots ... S. binotatus. 



Belly black blotched. Tail red beneath ... S. cruentatus. 

 (Anal ?). Belly black blotched. 2 Prse- 



oculars ... S. semifasciatus. 



Belly with square black spots. Back with 



narrow black bars . . . S. Theobaldi. 



Scales in 19 rows. Anal entire. Loreal present. 



One or two equal prseoculars. Belly 



blotched ... S. punctatus. 



Lower prseocular smallest. Scuta with a 



dot on the side ... S. bicatenatus. 



Back barred with dark edged white stripes S. albocinctus. 



Back barred with black edged yellow bars. 



One scale broad . . . S. amabilis. 



Family COLUBRID^. 



Group a. 



CORONELLINA. 



Snakes of small size, sub-equal teeth and smooth scales in 13 

 to 17 rows. 



Ablabes. 



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Yentrals not keeled. One loreal, two nasals. 

 Scales in 13 rows. Keeled in the ischiatic 



region in the male. Upper labials six ... A. tenuiceps. 



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