60. COLUBER. 55 



r. (Sc. 23; V. 229; Nikko. Mr. Whitely [C.]. 



0. 103). 



h i. Y<r. (So. -2\ I?-!; V. Mvauoshita. J. II. Leecb, Esq. 



i; C. 100,5)7). [P.]. 



k. <$ V. I'll; Onsen Mt., Shhnabara. Mr. ilolst [C.]. 



C. 99). 



27. Coluber phyllophis. 



Elaphis sixuromates (non Pott.), Giinth. Cat. p. 93 (1858). 



sauromattis, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 241, pi. xxi. 



I*. B (1864). 

 rhyllophis carinata, Giinth. I. c. p. 295, pi. xxi. fig. B, and Ann. 4" 



.///. N. H. (0) i. 1888, p. 1 70. 

 Elaphis, sp., Strauch, Svhl. RUSH. R. p. 99 (1873) ; Bedriaga, Bull. 



Hoc. Nat. Mosc. Ivi. 1882, p. 309. 

 Coluber phyllophis, Bvuleng. Ann. Sf Mag. N. II. (6) vii. 1891, 



p. 280. 



Snout projecting ; eye rather large. Rostral much broader than 

 deep, visible from above ; nasal sometimes entire or semi-divided ; 

 internasals as long as broad, or a little longer, at least as long as 

 the praefrontals ; frontal once and one third to once and two thirds 

 as long as broad, as long as its distance from the rostral or the ond 

 of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; lorcal longer than 

 deep ; one praeocular, with a subocular below it ; two postoculars ; 

 temporals 2+3 or 3 + 3; eight (rarely nine) upper labials, fourth 

 and fifth (or fifth and sixth) entering the eye ; four or five lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are nearly 

 as long as or a little shorter than the posterior. Scales in 23 rows 

 very strongly keeled, outer row smooth. Ventrals obtusely angu- 

 late laterally, 209-220 ; anal divided (rarely entire) ; subcaudals 

 80-96. Young pale olive above, with traces of a few black trans- 

 verse bands on the anterior part of the body, and a brown lateral 

 line on the posterior part of the body and along the tail ; labials 

 yellowish, with brown sutures ; belly yellowish, with a series of 

 black dots on each side. The adult of a darker coloration, most of 

 the scales and shields having black borders ; anterior part of back 

 usually with more or less distinct black cross bands ; belly more or 

 leas dotted or spotted with black, the posterior ventrals and the 

 subcaudals usually edged with black. 



Total length 1800 millim. ; tail 380. 



China. 



a-c, d. d (V. 213, 215 ; Kiu Kiang. A. E. Pratt, Esq. 



A. 2,1; C. 93,87), $ [C.]. 



(V.215; A.2; C. 83); 



& vg. (V. 210; A. 1; 



C. 80). 

 e. J ( V. 209 ; A. 2 ; C. 90). Wu-lee Lake, 25 miles P.W. Bassett-Smith , 



S. of Ninjroo. Esq. [P. 1 . 



/ $ (V. 213; A. 2; C. Near Xingpo. 



80). 



