SYNOPTIC CATALOGUE 



OF 



REPTILES. 



Order II. SNAKES (OPHIDIA). 



Section II. ColubrinsB. 



Belly covered with broad, band-like plates; head covered 

 with shields. Vent without any spur-like feet. Tail conical, 

 tapering. Both jaws provided with teeth. 



A. Colubrine Snakes without grooved or perforated fang in 



front. 



B. Colubrine Snakes with a permanently erect, grooved fang in 



front. 



C. Colubrine Snakes with a permanently erect, perforated fang 



in front. 



A. Colubrine Snakes without a grooved or perforated fang 



infront. 



Les serpens non venimeux, Schlegel. Les serpens nou veni- 

 raeux et les Opisthoglyphes, Dumeril Sf Bibron. 



B 



