88. Cougnaen 189 
times very slightly; mandibular teeth subequal. Head not or but 
slightly distinct from neck; eye moderate or rather small, with 
round pupil. Body cylindrical or slightly compressed ; scales smooth, 
with apical pits, in 15 to 25 rows; ventrals not or but obtusely 
angulate laterally. Tail moderate; subcaudals in two rows. 
Europe, South-western Asia, India, Africa, America north of the 
Equator. 
Skull of Coronella austriaca. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. One preocular; scales in 17 rows or more. 
A. Anal divided ; scales in 19-21 rows. 
1. Rostral as deep as broad; usually two superposed anterior 
temporals. 
Third and fourth (rarely fourth and fifth) 
labials entering the eye 5 scales in 19 
MUO ohs Ses cde v6d<ioi ate (2 's% sie st» Sys%e . 1. austriaca, p. 191. 
Fourth and fifth labials iene the. eye; 
scales in 21 rows ................+. 2. amalie, p. 193. 
2. Rostral much broader than deep; usually two or three 
superposed anterior temporals ; scales usually in 21 rows. 
Supraocular extensively in contact with 
LAND AOU if 0 ..... 93 girondica, p. 194. 
Preocular reaching or nearly reaching the ants 
SIRT EN Ne ers a eicicys cele far cco 4, SOmorhate, pido. 
