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yellowish undulous or zigzag cross bands, which may be edged with 
blackish ; usually a more or less distinct dark streak on each side 
of the head behind the eye; lower parts yellowish or pale olive, 
more or less spotted with brown or black. 
Total length 1500 millim. ; tail 250. 
Santo Domingo ; New Providence Id., Bahamas. 
a, 6. a Se. 63, 55; V. 302, 290; S. Domingo. Zoological Society. 
ds « & (Se. Ol, 055 V. 288, 288; —? Zoological Society. 
f. & (Se. 1; V.271; 0.79). —? Haslar Hospital. 
The following specimens, born in the Zoological Gardens, London, 
have been stated to be hybrids between Epicrates angulifer and 
Chilabothrus inornatus (Sclater, Proc. Zooi. Soc. 1878, p. 789). 
But as they do not differ from Z. striatus, and as I entertain 
doubts concerning the correct determination of the parents (which 
I have not been able to trace), I feel justified in referring them to 
this species. 
h, t, k,l. gr. & yg. (Se. 55,55, Bred in London. Zoological Society. 
os. ba, 51S V. 3, 282, 285, 7 ee 
285, 278; C. 66, 64, 66, ?, 66). 
4. Epicrates inornatus. 
Boa ey Reinh. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. x. 1843, p. 258, pl. i. 
Chilabothrus inornatus, Dum. § Bibr. vi. Pe 563 (1844) ; Gray, Cat. 
p- 103 (1849) ; Jan, Icon. Gén. p. 87, 1. 6, pl. v. (1864); Garm. N. 
Am. Rept. p. 132 (1883); Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 524, 
pl. xxxi. fig. 2 (1882). 
a boettgeri, Seoane, Abh. Senck. Ges. xii. 1880, p. 217, 
pl. —. 
Rostral slightly broader than deep, visible from above; two 
pairs of prefrontals, posterior sometimes broken up into small 
irregular shields; a large frontal, in contact with, and not or but 
slightly larger than, the supraoculars ; a pair of small parietals, in 
contact with the frontal and supraoculars; a large, elongate loreal ; 
a large preocular, usually with a small shield below it; two to four 
; eleven or twelve upper labials, one, two, or three 
(fifth to seventh) entering the eye; no labial pits. Scales in 39 to 
45 rows. Ventrals 261-286; anal entire; subcaudals 60-80. 
Yellow or pale olive anteriorly, frequently blackish brown posteriorly ; 
more or less distinct spots or cross bars on the body ; sometimes a 
pair of dark streaks along the neck ; an ill-defined dark streak may 
be t behind the eye. 
otal length 1500 millim. ; tail 250. 
Jamaica, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico. 
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