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70. Philodryas olfersi (Lichtenstein). 

 Coluber olfersii Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl., 1823, p. 104. 

 Philodryas olfersii Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, III, 1896, p. 129. 



The specimens in the Carnegie Museum are listed as follows : 



No. 10, cT, Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll., March, 1912. 

 No. 13, cf , Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll., February, 1911. 

 No. 16, cf , Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll., February, 1911. 

 No. 62, cf , Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll., October, 1911. 

 No. 101, cT, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Steinbach, no date. 

 No. 103, c?, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Steinbach, no date. 

 No. 269, cf , Brazil, LeBoutelier Collection. 

 No. 374, cf, Tarma, Peru, Miss Lola Vance coll., no date. 



Counts and Measurements. 



* Tip of tail lost. 



71. Philodryas schotti (Schlegel). 



Xenodon schottii Schlegel, Phys. Serp., II, 1837, p. 91, PL III, figs. 8 and 9. 

 Philodnjas schotti Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, III, 1896, p. 130. 



The only example of this species at hand is a female (No. 104) taken by Mr. 

 Jose Steinbach at Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 



Counts and Measurements. 



(No. 104.) 



Anal 1/1 



Scale-rows 19 



Gastrosteges 193 



Urosteges 99/99 



Upper labials : 7(3.4) 



Preoculars 1 



Postoculars 2 



Temporals 1,2 



Total length iu mm 1515 



Length of tail in mm 379 



