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Genus Liophis Wagler. 



33. Liophis albiventris (Jan). 



Liophis regince, vars. albiventris and quadrilineata Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys., II, 



1863, p. 294; Icon. Gen., 16, 1866, PL VI, figs. 2 and 3. 

 Liophis albiventris Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, II, 1894, p. 130. 



This species is represented by a single male specimen from the LeBoutelier 

 collection, which has been assigned the Catalog Number 278. The label attached 

 to it by the collector states that it came from Sipan, South America. ■ 



Counts and Measurements. 

 Anal 1/1 



Scale-rows 17 



Gastrosteges 153 



Urosteges 74/74 



Upper labials 8(4.5) 



Preoculars 1 



Postoculars 1 



Temporals 1,2 



Total length in mm 495 



Length ot tail in mm 127 



34. Liophis ahnadensis (Wagler). 

 Natrix ahnadensis Wagler, in Spix, Serp. Bras., 1824, p. 30, PI. X, fig. 3. 

 Liophis ahnadensis Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, II, 1894, p. 134. 

 No. 112, c?, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, J. Steinbach collector. 

 No. 352, cf , Sao Joao del Rey, Minas Geraes, Brazil, J. D. Haseman coll.. May 17, 

 1908. 



Counts and Measurements. 



(No. 112.) (No. 352.) 



Anal 1/1 1/1 



Scale-rows 19 19 



Gastrosteges 158 161 



Urosteges 60/60 70/70 



Upper labials 8(4.5) 8(4.5) 



Preoculars 1 1 



Postoculars 2 2 



Temporals 1,2 1,2 



Total length in nun 352 485 



Length of tail in mm 71 103 



35. Liophis elaeoides sp. no v. 

 Tail 5^ to 65 times in total length. Eye large, its length being equal to the 

 distance from the front of the eye to the middle of the nostril; head broad and flat; 

 snout bluntly pointed. Rostral broader than deep, visible from above; internasals 



