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Genus Herpetodryas Boie. 



26. Herpetodryas carina tus (Linnaeus). 



Coluber carinaius Linn^us, Mus. Ad. Frid., 1754, p. 31; Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 



1766, I, p. 384. 

 Herpetodryas carinatus Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, II, 1894, p. 73. 

 No. 2, cf , Province del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll. (elev. 400 M.), Sept., 1911. 

 No. 3, 9 , Province del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll. (elev. 350 M.), Jan., 1912. 

 No. 150, cf , Bonda, Colombia, H. H. Smith coll. (elev. 150 ft.), June. 

 No. 367, c?. Villa Bella, Bolivia, J. D. Haseman coll., Oct. 7, 1909. 



Nos. 2 and 3 belong to the variety flavolineatus Jan. Nos. 150 and 367 are of the 



variety bicarinatus (Wied). 



Counts and Measurements. 



Anal 



Scale-rows. . . . 

 Gastrosteges. . 

 Urosteges. . . . 

 Upper labials . 



Preoculars. . 



Postoculars. 

 Temporals. . 



Total length in mm. . 

 Length of tail in mm. 



(No. 2.) 



1/1 

 12 



153 

 130/130 

 9(4.5.6) 



1 



2 



1,2 



1067 

 405 



(No. 3.: 



1/1 

 12 



155 

 120/120 

 9(4.5.6) 



1 



2 



1,1 



937 

 366 



(No. 150.) 



1/1 



12 



157 



126/126 



I 8(4.5) 



1 9(5.6) 



1 



2 



1,2 



1605 

 521 



(No. 367.1 



1/1 



12 



152 



136/136 

 9(4.5.6) 



1 

 2 



I 1,2 



11,1 



1330 



455 



27. Herpetodryas fuscus (Linnajus). 

 Coluber fuscus Linn^us, Mus. Ad. Frid., 1754, p. 32, PI. XVII, fig. 1; Syst. Nat., 



Ed. XII, 1766, I, p. 383. 

 Herpetodryas fuscus Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, II, 1894, p. 75. 

 No. 365, cf, Villa Bella, Bolivia, J. D. Haseman coll., October 8, 1909. 

 No. 1428, cf, "Massasao, River Amazon" fide J. 0. Kerby, who presented it to the 



Museum. 



No. 1428 belongs to the variety saturninus (Linnaeus). 



Counts and Measurements. 



(No. 365.) 



Anal 1 



Scale-rows 10 



Gastrosteges 150 



Urosteges 129/129 



Upper labials 9(4.5.6) 



Preoculars 1 



Postoculars 2 



Temporals 1,1 



Total length in mm 702 



Length of tail in mm 350 



(No. 1428.) 

 1 



10 



156 



120/120 



9(4.5.6) 



1 



2 



1,1 



385 

 128 



