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III. Scales in 21—27 rows; 160—218 ventrals; 54—92 sub 
caudals ; tail not or scarcely prehensile. 
(6) L. gerdonit.—T—9 scales in a line between the supraocular 
shields; scales in 21 or 23 rows; 164—188 ventrals; 54—67 
subcaudals. 
Coloration greenish-yellow or olive above, mixed with black, 
a dorsal series of reddish-brown transverse rhomboidal spots ; 
upper lip yellow, with one or two black spots; belly yellow, more 
or less marbled with black. 
Total length, 930 millimetres ; tail 145. 
Habitat : Assam, Tibet, Upper Yang-tse. 
(7) L. mucrosquamatus.—10—15 scales in a line between the 
supraocular shields; scales in 25—27 rows; 183—218 ventrals ; 
72—92 subcaudals. Colour brownish-grey above, with a series 
of large black median spots and smaller ones on the sides; a black 
streak from the eye to the angle of the mouth; belly brownish, 
spotted with white. 
Total length, 1,050 millimetres ; tail 210. 
Habitat: Formosa, Assam. 
(8) L. luteus.—12 or 13 scales in a line between the supraocular 
shields; scales in 23—25 rows; 182—186 ventrals ; 72—74 sub- 
caudals ; supraocular shields large. 
Colour yellow above, with a series of dark rhomboidal spots, 
and a dorsal, black-spotted zigzag band; a black streak on each 
side of the head behind the eyes; belly yellowish, spotted with grey. 
Total length, 945 millimetres; tail 164. 
Habitat : Loo Choo Islands. 
(9) L. purpureomaculatus.—12—15 scales in a line between the 
supraocular shields; scales in 25—27 rows; ventrals 160—182; 
subcaudals 55—76; supraocular shield very narrow, sometimes 
broken up. 
Coloration purplish-black above, sometimes variegated with pale 
green ; flanks pale green; belly olive or greenish-white, uniform 
or spotted with black. Some specimens are entirely green. 
