350 



BULLETIN 17 7, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



This specimen was measured by Dr. Abbott, who records that 

 the head and body equaled 1,770 mm. and the defective tail 130 mm.; 

 the ovaries contained 22 eggs. 



Variations. — One other specimen in the U. S. National Museum, 

 No. 49934, is much smaller and is albinistic, although traces of the 

 russet brown body color are still apparent on top of the tail and 

 toward the end of the body. 



Table 68. — Specimens of Alsophis anomalus examined 



Regarding the Tortue specimen, M.C.Z. No. 37667, I made 

 the following notes: Its head scales are similar in every respect to 

 those of U.S.N.M. No. 49934 from Santo Domingo City, the latter 

 slightly larger. In the M.C.Z. specimen, faint dark narrow cross 

 bars are visible posteriorly, with even fainter suggestions of chevron- 

 shaped blotches on the neck and anterior part of the body. The head 

 shields have very narrow dark margins. The entire under surface is 

 pale, with a powdering of gray dots across the posterior border of 

 each ventral. 



Specimens examined. — As listed in table 68. 



