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2. Aspidites ramsayi. 
Aspidiotes ramsayi, Macleay, Proe. Linn. Soe, N.S. W. vi. 1882, p. 813. 
Differs from the preceding in having the eye separated from the 
labials by a subocular; fourteen upper labials. Ventrals 293; 
anal divided ; subcaudals 52, the four last divided. Greyish brown 
above, variegated with indistinct darker brown bands and spots 
over the entire upper surface from the head to the tail; ventrals 
yellowish, the basal portion of each shield dusky. 
Total length 1900 millim. ; tail 330. 
Port Bourke. 
7. CALABARIA. 
Calabaria, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 154; Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. 
p- 280 (1858). 
Rhoptrura, Peters, Mon, Berl. Ac. 1858, p. 340. 
Premaxillary and palate toothless ; anterior maxillary and man- 
dibular teeth longest, gradually decreasing in size. Head not 
distinct from neck, covered with shields; rostral large; nostril in a 
single or semidivided nasal. No mental groove. Eye very small, 
with vertical pupil. Scales moderate, smooth. Tail short, thick, 
not prehensile, rounded at the end; subcaudals single. 
West Africa. 
1. Calabaria reinhardti. 
Eryx reinhardtii, Schleg. Bijdr. tot de Dierk. i. D 2, pl. — (1848) ; 
"Fisch. Verh, nat. Ver, Hamb, (2) iii. 1879, p. 91, pl. iii. figs. 1-6. 
Calabaria fusca, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 155, pl. xiv. ; Giinth. 
Cat. Col. Sn. p, 280 (1858); F. Miill. Verh, nat. Ges. Basel, vii. 
1885, p. 675. 
Rhoptrura reinhardti, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1858, p. 340. 
petiti, Sauvage, Bull. Soc, Zool. France, 1884, p. 202, pl. vi. 
fig. 4. : 
Rostral as deep as broad, extending to the upper surface of the 
snout, separated from the frontal by three pairs of transverse 
shields; frontal broader than long, as long as or a little shorter 
than its distance from the rostral, followed by an equally long or 
shorter parietal ; two supraoculars; a loreal; one or two pre- and 
one or two postoculars; eight upper labials, fourth or third and 
fourth entering the eye. Scales in 29 to 32 rows. Ventrals 221-239 ; 
anal entire; subcaudals 20-28. Reddish or purplish brown above, 
with more or less numerous irregularly scattered yellowish spots. 
Total length 860 millim. ; tail 65. 
West Africa, from Liberia to the Congo. 
a. Ad. (V. 223; C. 20). Old Calabar. (Type of C. fusca.) 
b-c. Ad. (V. 227, 224; Cameroons. Rey. J. Pinnock 
C, 25, 25). x [C.]. 
d. Ad. (V. 230; C. 24). Cameroons. é 
e. Hgr. (V. 224; C. 24), Fernando Po. Zoolog. Society. 
f. Ad. (V. 233; CO. 23). Gabcon. Dr. J. G. Fischer. 
y. Ad. (V. 221; C, 21). W. Africa. 
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