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white forming oblique lines, best seen when the body is 

 inflated Ahaetulla nasuta 



b) Upper body brown; snout not elongated; pupil round; 

 uniform pattern or with posterior scales edged in black 

 forming a reticulated pattern, like a braided rope; 



scales of lips and venter edged in black Ptyas 



mucosus 



25. a) Scales smooth, without keels; heavy bodied with large 

 brownish blotches light in the center and edged in black; 

 body yellowish to grayish; dark streak passing through 

 the eye to the neck; black line below the eye; 



spear-shaped blotch on top of the head Python 



molurus 



b) Scales with keels; five rows of black spots on an olive 

 background; one black streak below and one behind the 



eye; no pattern on top of head Xenochrophis 



piscator 



