180 COLUBRID. 
Coronella godmani, Giinth. Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. 110, pl. xxxix. 
fig. B (1893). 
Eye rather small; snout very short. Rostral broader than deep, 
scarcely visible from above ; internasals much broader than long, 
about half as long as the prefrontals ; frontal once and one third to 
_once and a half as long as broad, a little longer than its distance 
from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal square 
or longer than deep; one pre- and two postoculars; temporals 
1+2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; four 
lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as 
long as or a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 21 rows. 
Ventrals 168-176; anal divided; subcaudals 72-92. Length of 
tail three and a half to four times in the total length. Pale brown 
above, with three or five dark brown longitudinal streaks; head 
dark brown, bordered with yellow spots posteriorly ; upper labials 
dark brown with yellow spots ; yellowish beneath. 
Total length 445, millim, ; tail 130. 
Gade ain. 
a-d. 3 (V. 176, 173; C. 88, Duejfas. Messrs. Salvin & Godman 
92), 9 (V. 176; C. 72), & [C.]. (Types.) 
Ve UV.1 705 CUS). 
82. UROTHECA. 
Xenodon, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 80 (1837). 
Urotheca, Bibr. in R. de la Sagra, Wi. Cuba, ere . 217 (1843). 
Liophis, part., Dum. § Bibr. Erp. Gén. vii. p. 697 (is54) ; Giinth. 
Cat. Col. Sn. p. 42 (1858) ; Bocourt, Miss. ie Mex., Rept. p. 633 
(1886). 
Pliocercus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 253. 
Elapochrous, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 294. 
Cosmiosophis, Jan, ‘Arch, Zool. Anat, Phys. li. 1863, p. 289. 
Leiosophis, part., Jan, l.c. p. 320. 
Cyclagras, part., Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc, xxiii. 1886, p. 488. 
Maxillary teeth 11 to 14, increasing in size posteriorly, followed 
after a short interspace by two enlarged ones; mandibular teeth 
subequal. Head scarcely distinct from neck; eye moderate or 
rather small, with round pupil; usually one or more subocular 
shields. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth, without apical pits, in 17 
to 21 rows; ventrals rounded. ‘Tail long, thick throughout, ending 
obtusely ; subcaudals in two rows. 
Cuba, Central and South America. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Eye in contact with two labials; scales in 17 rows, 
A. Four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields. 
Anterior chin-shields much shorter than 
the posterior ; temporals 1+2........ 1. dumerilii, p. 181. 
Anterior chin-shields as long as the pos- . 
terior ¢ “Gem POTRls Mee noose 5 iwi asim las 2. lateristriga, p. 181. 
