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70. Philodryas olfersi (Lichtenstein). 

 Coluber olfersii Lichtenstein, Verz. DoubL, 1823, p. 104. 

 Philodryas olfersii Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, III, 1896, p. 129. 



The specimens in the Carnegie Museum are listed as follows : 

 No. 10, cf , Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll., March, 1912. 

 No. 13, o^, Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll., February, 1911. 

 No. 16, cf , Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll., Februaiy, 1911. 

 No. 62, cf , Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll., October, 1911. 

 No. 101, cf, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Steinbach, no date. 

 No. 103, cf , Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Steinbach, no date. 

 No. 269, d", Brazil, LeBoutelier Collection. 

 No. 374, d^, Tarma, Peru, INIiss Lola Vance coll., no date. 



Counts and Measurements. 



* Tip of tail lost. 



71. Philodryas schotti (Schlegel). 

 Xenodon schottii Schlegel, Phys. Serp., II, 1837, p. 91, PL III, figs. 8 and 9. 

 Philodryas schotti Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, III, 1896, p. 130. 



The only example of this species at hand is a female (No. 104) taken by Mr. 

 Jose Steinbach at Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 



Counts and Measurements. 



(No. 104.) 



Anal 1/1 



Scale-row.'i 19 



Gastrosteges 193 



Urosteges 99/99 



Upper labials 7(3.4) 



Preoculars 1 



Postoculars 2 



Temporals 1,2 



Total length in mm 1515 



Length of tail in mm 379 



