SYNOPTIC CATALOGUE 



OF 



REPTILES. 



Order II. SNAKES (OPHLDIA). 



Section II. Colubrinae. 



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, Schleyel. Les serpens non vcni- 

 meux et les Opisthoglyphes, Dumeril S,- Bibron. 





