60. COLUBER. 



11. Coluber flavirufus. 



Coluber flavirufus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Pliilad. 1806, p. 319, and Proc. 

 Am. Phil<^. s.,c. xxii. !><">. p. I;.',; Otinth. Biol. C.-Am., 



p. 115 (1894). 

 Elaphis pardalinus, Peters, Mon. Deri. Ac. 1868, p. 642. 



n tlri^ur/ii, llncimrt, Le Natur. 1887, p. 168, and Miss. Sc. 



. l;<-i>t. p. ;-:;. pi. xlvi. tiir. 1 (1888). 

 ix tiavirufus, Cope, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 32, 1887, p. 71. 



Rostral considerably broader than deep, just visible from above; 

 internasals much broader than long, much shorter than the prae- 

 frontals ; frontal once and one third to once and a half as long as 

 broad, nearly as long as its distance from the end of the snout, 

 shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one large praj- 

 ocular (which may be divided into two) ; two postoculars ; temporals 

 2 or 3 + 3 or 4; eight or nine upper labials, fourth and fifth or 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the eye ; four or five lower labials 

 in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or a 

 little longer than the posterior. Scales in 27 to 33 rows, dorsals 

 faintly keeled. Ventrals 2o2-2G6 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 1":.'- 

 119. Yellowish or pale brown above, with a dorsal series of reddish 

 or chestnut-brown, black-edged, transverse spots, which may alter- 

 nate or be confluent into a zigzag band ; a lateral series of spots, 

 alternating with the larger dorsal ; two curved dark bands across 

 the snout, some symmetrical markings on the crown and occiput, 

 and two longitudinal bands on the occiput and nape, sometimes 

 confluent in front and behind; lower parts yellowish, with or with- 

 out small brown spots. 



Total length 1220 millim. ; tail 260. 



Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras. 



a. $ (Sc. 31 ; V. 2o2 ; Mexico. Ilr. H. Finck [C.I. 



C. 102). 

 //. Y-. (Sc. 31; V. 2G3; Belize. 



C. 116). 

 '. Y _-. i Sc. 33 ; V. 262; Ruatan Id. F. D. Godinan, Esq. [P.]. 



C. 117). 



12. Coluber guttatus. 



Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carol, ii. pi. Iv. (1771) ; Merrem, Beitr. ii. p. 39, 



pi. xi. (1790). 

 Coluber guttatus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 385 (1760) ; Harl. Journ. Ac. 



Philad. v. 1>1'7, p. :ii;.i. ,<n<l M,',l. Phii*. lie. p. IiT, i I>::.M ; Ifolbr. 



.\. Am. //,-,/,. ni. p. I!.-,, pi. xiv. flMJj; </-, /Vuc. I'.-S. .\t. 



Mu*. xiv. 1 -'.<:.'. p. <;.::.' : lln<i liatr. \ H-j't. Luliana, p. 92 (1893) ; 



Giinth. lliol. C.-Am.. i;,-i>t'. / 114 ( 1>!>4). 



- maculatiis, lionnat. Eitcftl. Meth., Ophiol. p. 9 (1789) ; Harl. 



II. CC. pp. .'tll'. 1 !'". 



- couipressus, Donnd. Zool. Beitr. p. 206 (198). 



- caioliniauus, Shun; '/;><>l. iii. p. MU, pi. cxix. (1802). 



- moloisua, Laud. Jit-jjt. i.p i'0'J (,lb03) ; Harl. U. cc. pp. 333, 



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