120 THE SNAKES OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
Genus LEPTODIRA. 
A single Species in South Africa. 
ISD NY AMO) AMNANS, SPACES. 
Anal entire ; scales in 19 (exceptionally 17) rows ; : 
ventrals 144~-180; sub-caudals 32-54 .. Leptodiva hotambeia. 
1. LEPTODIRA HOTAMB@IA. The Herald or Red-lipped Snake. Roode- 
lip Slang. (Rooi-lip Slang.) : a 
Colour—Brown, olive or blackish above, uniform or with whitish 
dots, like fly’s eggs, more apparent when skin is stretched. A 
black band on the temple, usually connected with its fellow 
across the occiput ; upper lip bright red, or orange red ; under- 
parts whitish. 
Average length—2 feet. : 
Distribution—General all over South Africa; North through Tropical 
Africa to Senegambia and Nubia. 
GENuS CHAMATORTUS. 
This Genus is represented by only one Species. 
(For scientific description see the Synopsis of Genera of the Dipsadomorphine. 
I. CHAMATORTUS AULICUsS. The Cross-barred Snake. 
Colour—Brown above, the back with numerous whitish, dark-edged 
cross-bars, the sides spotted with whitish ; head whitish, spotted 
and marbled with brown, and with a brown streak on each 
side passing through the eye; labials edged with brown ; 
beneath white. 
Average length—2z feet 6 inches. ‘ 
Distribution—Transvaal ; Southern Rhodesia ; Portuguese East Africa ; 
East and Central Africa. 
Genus AMPLORHINUS. 
A single Species in South Africa. 
KEY TO THE, SPECIES. 
Scales in 17 rows, feebly keeled on the 
posterior part of the back and at the 
base of the tail. Ventrals 133-140; 
anal entire; sub-caudals 60-86. Ros- 
tral moderate ; nostril in single semi- ; 
divided nasal .. as xe .. Ampblorhinus multimaculatus. 
1. AMPLORHINUS MULTIMACULATUS. Cape Many-spotted Snake. Kaapsche 
Stippel Slang. ; 
Colour—Olive or brown above, with two more or less distinct yellowish 
stripes and longitudinal rows of black spots; bluish-grey or 
olive beneath. Some specimens uniform bright green above, 
and lighter green beneath. 
Average length—1 foot 6 inches. 
Distribution—Cape Colony ; Transvaal (High veld). 
