CROCODILIANS, LIZARDS, AND SNAKES. 



859 



unifonu on the posterior half; the bases of the scuta theu begin to ex- 

 hibit more or less of reddish, which tint increases in extent and iuteu- 



Fig. 199. 



COMPSOSOMA C0RAI8 COUPEEH HOLBROOK 

 = 1. 



Brunswick, Georgia. 



Cat. No. 4504, U.S.X.M. 



slty anteriorly until toward the head the slate-color is only seen along 

 their edges, the tint there being a dark salmon color. The posterior 

 margins of the upper and lower labials, as well as all the plates on the 



Fig. 2m. 



COMPSOSOMA COllAIS COUPKRII nOLBROOK. 



= 1. 



Cat. No. 4457, U.S.N. M. 



sides of the neck and beneath, are edged with well-defined black. Sides 

 of the head reddish brown, margined as above. 



