PROTEROGLYPHA OR FRONT-FANGED SNAKES. 167 
I. ELAPECHIS GUENTHERI. Guenther’s Garter Snake. Kousband Slang 
(Kouseband Slang). Synonyms—Elapsoidea guentheri ; Elapsoidea semt- 
annulata. 
Scales in tail region 
Large shield curving back from the nose. 
Fic. 71.—Shield Snakes (Aspidelaps scutatus) from Phillopolis, Orange Free State. 
strongly keeled. 
These are each 2 feet in length. Head and neck black, throat white. 
Colour—White or greyish above, with black white-edged cross bands, 
or blackish with whitish cross bars or lines formed by the edges 
