COLTJBRID^. 



g. $ (Sc. 23; V. 224; Schlangenbad. 



C. 75). 

 h. Yg. (Sc. 21 ; V. 229 ; Weidling am Bach, 



C. 76). near Vienna. 



i-k. rf (Sc. 23, 23 ; V. 226, Near Vienna. 



I'll); C. 84,80). 

 /. $ (Sc. 23; V. 226; Bologna. 



C. 76). 

 m. rf (Sc. 23 ; V. 224 ; Travnik, Bosnia. 



C. 83). 

 , o. Skulls. France. 



Dr. Giinther [P.]. 

 Dr. F. Werner [E.]. 

 Dr. F. Werner [E.]. 



Prof. J. J. Bianconi 



[PA 

 Dr. F. Werner [E.]. 



26. Coluber climacophorus. 



Coluber climacophorus, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 210. 



- virgatus, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 145 (1837), and Faun. 



Jajfon., Rept. p. 83, pi. ii. (1838). 

 Elaphis virgatus, Dum. fy Bibr. vii. p. 261 (1854) ; Jan, Icon. Gfrn. 



21, pi. i. (1867). 

 virgatus, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 94 (1858) ; Hilgendorf, Sitzb. 



Ges. naturf. Freunde, 1880, p. 113. 



Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals 

 broader than long, shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal about once 

 and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of 

 the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one 

 praeocular, with a subocular below it ; two (rarely three) postoculars ; 

 temporals 2+3; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 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 23 (rarely 25) rows, feebly but distinctly keeled, outer 

 rows smooth. Ventrals distinctly angulate laterally, 226-244 ; anal 

 divided (rarely entire) ; subcaudals 97-122. Young grey-brown or 

 pale brown above, with a dorsal series of large transverse, brown, 

 dark-edged spots, and a lateral series of smaller spots ; these spots 

 usually disappear in the adult and are replaced by a pair of dark 

 stripes along each side of the back ; a blackish streak from the eye 

 to the angle of the mouth ; lower parts yellowish, uniform or dotted 

 or clouded with olive, or with small blackish spots. Old specimens 

 nearly uniform olive-brown above and below, with the lateral 

 ventral keel yellowish. 



Total length 1680 millim. ; tail 350. 



Japan. 



a, b. $ (Sc. 23 ; V. 231 ; Japan. Leyden Museum. 



C. 100) & hgr. (Sc. 23 ; 

 V. 234 ; C. 112). 



c. Yg. (Sc. 23; V. 222; Japan. Sir R. Owen [PA 

 C. 108). 



d. Yg. (Sc. 23; V. 232; Japan. Mr. Adams [C.I 

 A.1; C.?) 



e-f. $ (Sc. 23; V. 234; Nagasaki. Mr. Whitely [C.]. 



C. 103) &yg. (Sc. 23; 

 V. 236 ; C. 116). 



