PROTEROGLYPHA OR FRONT-FANGED SNAKES. 169 
Genus DENDRASPIS. 
Two Species in South Africa. 
KEY SOM Hibs SPs Clits: 
Scales in 19 to 23 rows in the middle of the body ; 
8 upper labials; upper anterior temporal 
not longer than the lower .. ve .. Dendvaspis angusticeps. 
Fic. 72.—These are Southern Garter Snakes (Homorelaps lacteus). They vary more or less 
in their markings, but the orange or coral-red line down the middle of the back is always 
present. Average length, one foot. 
