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Genus Herpetodryas Boie. 



26. Herpetodryas carinatus (Linnseus). 



Coluber carinatus Linn^us, Mus. Ad. FricL, 1754, p. 31; Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 



1766, I, p. 384. 

 Herpetodryas carinatus Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, II, 1894, p. 73. 

 No. 2, cT, Province del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll. (elev. 400 M.), Sept., 1911. 

 No. 3, 9 , Province del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll. (elev. 350 M.), Jan., 1912. 

 No. 150, &, Bonda, Colombia, H. H. Smith coll. (elev. 150 ft.), June. 

 No. 367, cf , Villa Bella, Bolivia, J. D. Haseman coll., Oct. 7, 1909. 



Nos. 2 and 3 belong to the variety flavolineatus Jan. Nos. 150 and 367 are of the 



variety bicarinatus (Wied). 



Counts and Measubements. 



27. Herpetodryas fuscus (Linnaeus). 

 Coluber fuscus Linn/EUS, Mus. Ad. Frid., 1754, p. 32, PL XVII, fig. 1; Syst. Nat., 



Ed. XII, 1766, I, p. 383. 

 Herpetodryas fuscus Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, II, 1894, p. 75. 

 No. 365, d", Villa Bella, Bolivia, J. D. Haseman coll., October 8, 1909. 

 No. 1428, d", "Massasao, River Amazon "^de J. 0. Kerby, who presented it to the 



Museum. 



No. 1428 belongs to the variety saturninus (Linnseus). 



Counts and Measurements. 

 (No. 365.) 



Anal 1 



Scale-rows 10 



Gastrosteges 150 



Urosteges 129/129 



Upper labials 9(4.5.6) 



Preoculars 1 



Postoculars 2 



Temporals 1, 1 



Total length in mm 702 



Length of tail in mm 350 



(No. 1428.) 

 1 



10 



156 



120/120 



9(4.5.6) 



1 



2 



1,1 



385 

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