﻿SKELETON 



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Quadrate longer than supratemporal ; maxillary 

 little longer than quadrate, nearly straight in front 

 of prefrontal Tarbophis. 



p//' f pi-f p pro 



Fig. io — Skull of Vipera lebetina. (From British Museum 

 Catalogue of Snakes) 



Lettering of the bones as in Fig. 3 



2. Maxillary much abbreviated and erectile ; 



supratemporal not half as long as skull ; 



mandible much longer than skull ; basioc- 



cipital with a strong process. 

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