PROTEROGLYPHA OR FRONT-FANGED SNAKES. 165 
C. Dark olive to black above ; lower surface of head and neck black ; 
sub-caudals and posterior ventrals black, the remainder black 
and yellow. 
Average length—5 to 6 feet; attains a length of over 7 feet. 
Distribution—All over South Africa, excepting the Southern parts of 
Cape Colony ; Northwards to Senegambia and Upper Egypt. 
Genus SEPEDON= Yew oli ale 
This Genus is vepresented by one Species. 
Scales strongly keeled, without pits, in I9 rows; 
ventrals 116-150; anal entire. Sub-caudals 
33-44 nf of ae Sepedon hemachates. 
I. SEPEDON H4@MACHATES. The Pmehale or Spitting Snake. Ringhals 
Slang. 
Synonyms—Coluber hemachates ; Vipera hemachates; Naja hema- 
chaetes ; Aspidelaps hemachates. 
Colour—Black above, spotted, variegated or irregularly barred with 
pale brown or yellowish-white ; or brown spotted with black ; 
black beneath, usually with one or two whitish cross bands on 
the neck. 
A. Jet black above and below, with a white cross band on the throat. 
Sometimes the white band is entirely absent, or else only slightly 
developed. 
Average length—z feet 6 inches to 3 feet. 
Distribution—Cape Colony ; Natal; Zululand ; Orange River Colony ; 
Basutoland ; German South-West Africa; not recorded from 
Rhodesia or north of Zambesi. 
Genus ASPIDELAPS. 
Two Species in South Africa. 
KY OLE SPECIES: 
Internasals in contact behind the rostral; third 
and fourth upper labials entering the eye ; 
scales all smooth ; ventrals 146-176 .. Aspidelaps lubricus. 
Internasals separated by the rostral; fourth 
upper labial entering the eye; scales on 
posterior part of aes keeled ; _ ventrals 
115-135 . ae .. Aspidelaps scutatus. 
1. ASPIDELAPS LUBRICUS. ee seni Koraal Slang. 
Synonyms—Natrix lubrica ; Coluber latonia; Elaps lubricus; Naja 
lubrica. 
Colour—Orange or red with black annuli, which are slightly angular 
on the back; a black bar below the eye; sometimes a black 
cross bar between the eyes, and an oblique band on the temple ; 
upper surface of head sometimes entirely black. 
Average length—1 foot 6 inches to 2 feet. 
Distribution—Both provinces of Cape Colony ; Orange River Colony; 
German South-West Africa; Rhodesia; Zambesi Regions. 
