Back blackish brown, belly white, interrupted series of black and white 

 blotches on the side. Total length 1320 mm, tail length 154 mm. 215 ventrals 

 and 50 subcaudals. 



Li, Zhi Yuan 

 Mahendra, B.C. 

 Pope, C.H. 

 Schmidt, K.P. 

 Smith, M.A. 



Taylor, E.H. 



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Translator's Note: This scientific article follows the current Chinese policy 

 of crediting authorship to the institutions where the research was performed. 

 However, to comply with standard nomenclatural practice, new scientific names 

 are credited to individual scientists. 



