54 COLUBRID. 
g. 2 (Se. 23; V. 224; Schlangenbad. Dr. Giinther [P-]. 
C. 75). 
h. Yg. (Se. 21; V. 229; Weidling am Bach, Dr. F. Werner [E.]. 
C. 76). near Vienna. 
i-k. g (Se. 23, 23; V.226, Near Vienna. Dr. F. Werner [E.]. 
219; C. 84, 80). 
lL 2 (Sc. 23; V. 226; Bologna. Prof. J. J. Bianconi 
C. 75). (Pol 
m. do (Se. 23; V. 224; Travnik, Bosnia. Dr. F. Werner [E.]. 
C. 83). 
n,o. Skulls, France. 
26. Coluber climacophorus. 
Coluber climacophorus, Bote, Isis, 1826, p. 210. 
virgatus, Sehleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 145 (1837), and Faun. 
Japon., Rept. p. 85, pl. 11. (1838). 
Elaphis virgatus, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 261 (1854); Jan, Icon. Gén. 
21, pl. i. (1867). 
virgatus, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 94 (1858); Hilgendorf, Sitzb. 
Ges. naturf, Freunde, 1880, p. is. 
Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals 
broader than long, shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal about once 
and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of 
the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one 
preocular, with a subocular below it ; two (rarely three) postoculars ; 
temporals 2+3; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the 
eye; four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields, which are as long as or a little longer than the posterior. 
Scales in 23 (rarely 25) rows, feebly but distinctly keeled, outer 
rows smooth. Ventrals distinctly angulate laterally, 226-244; anal 
divided (rarely entire); subcaudals 97-122. Young grey-brown or 
pale brown above, with a dorsal series of large transverse, brown, 
dark-edged spots, and a lateral series of smaller spots; these spots 
usually disappear in the adult and are replaced by a pair of dark 
stripes along each side of the back; a blackish streak from the eye 
to the angle of the mouth; lower parts yellowish, uniform or dotted 
or clouded with olive, or with small blackish spots. Old specimens 
nearly uniform olive-brown above and below, with the lateral 
ventral keel yellowish. . 
Total length 1680 millim. ; tail 350. 
Japan. 
, 0. 2 (Se, 208 V. 251 Japan. Leyden Museum. 
C. 100) & hgr. (Se. 28 ; 
V. 234; ©. 112). 
c. Yg. (Se. 23; V. 222; Japan, Sir R. Owen [P.]. 
C. ” 108). 
d. Yg. (Sc. 23; V. 282; Japan. Mr. Adams [C.]. 
As ls Git . 
e~ Se. 23; V. 234; Nagasaki. Mr, Whitely [C.]. 
Bho { 
eae (Se. 23% 
V. 235 8). 
