54 COLUBKID-E. 



g. 2 (Sc. 23; V. 224; Schlangenbad. Dr. Gunther [P.]. 



C. 75). 



h. Yg. (Sc. 21 ; V. 229 ; Weidling am Bach, Dr. F. Werner [E.]. 



C. 76). near Vienna. 



i-k. S (So. 2.S, 2.3 ; V. 226, Near Vienna. Dr. F. Werner [E.]. 



219 ; C. 84, 80). 



/. 2 (Sc. 23; V. 226; Bologna. Prof. J. J. Bianconi 



C. 75). [P.]. 



m. d (So. 23 ; V. 224 ; Travnik, Bosnia. Dr. F. Werner [E.]. 



C. 83). 



n, 0. Skulls. France. 



26. Coluber climacophorus. 



Coluber climacophorus, Bote, Isis, 1826, p. 210. 



virgatus, Srhleg. I'hys. Serp. ii. p. 145 (1837), and Faun. 



Jaimn., liejjt. p. 83, pi. ii. (1838). 



Elapbis virgatus. Bum. Sf Bihr. \ii. p. 261 (1854) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. 

 21, pi. i. (1867). 



virgatus, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 94 (1858) ; Hilgendorf, Sitzb. 



Ges. naturf. Freunde, 1880, p. 113. 



Eostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals 

 broader than long, shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal about once 

 and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of 

 the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one 

 prseocular, with a subocular below it ; two (rarely three) postoculars ; 

 temporals 2 + 3 ; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the 

 eye ; four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields, which are as long as or a little longer than the posterior. 

 Scales in 23 (rarely 25) rows, feebly but distinctly keeled, outer 

 rows smooth. Ventrals distinctly angulate laterally, 22G-244 ; anal 

 divided (rarely entire) ; subcaudals 97-122. Young grej'-brown or 

 pale brown above, with a dorsal series of large transverse, brown, 

 dark-edged spots, and a lateral series of smaller spots ; these spots 

 usually disappear in the adult and are replaced by a pair of dark 

 stripes along each side of the back ; a blackish streak from the eye 

 to the angle of the mouth ; lower parts yellowish, uniform or dotted 

 or clouded with olive, or with small blackish spots. Old specimens 

 nearly uniform olive-brown above and below, with the lateral 

 ventral keel yellowish. 



Total length 1680 millim. ; tail 350. 



Japan. 



a, h. 2 (Sc. 23 ; V. 231 ; Japan. Leyden Museum. 



C. 100) & hgr. (Sc. 23 ; 

 V. 234 ; C. 112). 



c. Yg. (Sc. 23 ; V. 222 ; Japan. Sir R. Owen [P.]. 

 C. 108). 



d. Yg. (Sc. 23; V. 232; .Japan. Mr. Adams [C.]. 

 A. 1 ; 0. ?) 



e-f. 2 (Sc. 23; V. 234; Nagasaki. Mr. Whitely [C.]. 



0. 103) & yg. (Sc. 23 ; 

 V. 235 ; C. 116). 



