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Genus OpHeoprys Fitzinger. 
The Summer Snakes. 
Opheodrys estivus (Linneus). 
PLATE 38. 
Summer Snake. Green Snake. 
Head little distinct from body, though neck slightly constricted, 
well depressed, elongately ovoid as seen from above, with great- 
est width or bulge well posterior. ‘Temporal region scarcely 
swollen. Snout broad, or about as long as broad, surface rather 
levelled or flattened, and as viewed from above rather conver- 
Summer Snake. Opheodrys estivus (Linneus). 
gent, with tip bluntly convex in front. Sides of snout rather 
steeply vertical with a depression in loreal region. Eye rather 
large, placed over commisure of third and fourth labials. Frontal 
plate elongately hexagonal, broad, convergent sides convex pos- 
teriorly, and angle most acute posteriorly. Internasals rather 
broad and large, and rostral scarcely impinging anteriorly. Pre- 
frontals much larger, and like internasals with edges abruptly 
bent over sides of snout. Parietals large and rather broadly con- 
vergent posteriorly. Rostral broadly crescentic. Nostril pierces 
front of elongated nasal plate. Loreal plate large, subtrape- 
zoidal. Supraoculars elongate, narrowly triangular, and sur- 
face convex. Preocular large, single, much broader above than 
