ea Oh he 4 ed 
6. POLYODONTOPHIS. 181 
, 6. POLYODONTOPHIS. 
He as, part., Schleg. Phys. 173 (1837). 
Enkopoath (non G. Gray), Dum. § + Bion v3 Ota vii. p. . 828 (1854). 
gg “i, Cat. Col. Sn. p. 27 (1858), Rept. Brit. 
A Tad. p. 223 (1864 
Enicognathus, part., sa Arch, Zool. Anat. _ fae p. 266. 
Henicognathus, Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. viii. 1 
Henicognathus, part., Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mez., Tepe p. 655 
(1886). 
Polyodontophis, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 301 “idoo. 
! 
Teeth very numerous and closely set, 30 to 50 in each maxillary, 
equal in size. Dentary bone completely detached from the articular 
posteriorly. Head short, not or but slightly distinct from neck * ; 
3 eve moderate or rather small, with round pupil. Body cylindrical, 
: ongate; scales smooth, without apical pits, in 17 or 19 rows. 
Tail moderate or long; subcaudals in two rows. Hypapophyses 
developed throughout the vertebral column. 
Madagascar and Comoro Islands; South-eastern Asia; Central 
America. 
Fig. 14. 
Maxillary and mandible of Polyodontophis collaris. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I, 30 to 32 teeth in each maxillary ; 8 upper labials, fourth 
fifth entering the eye ; subcaudals 65-99. 
A. Scales in 17 rows. 
Loreal deeper than long; frontal consider- 
ably shorter than the parietals ...... .- 1. rhodogaster,p. 18 
Loreal as deep as long, or longer than deep ; ; 
frontal but slightly shorter than the 
II, 37 to 50 teeth in each maxillary. 
A. Upper border of rostral shield just visible from above. 
1. 9 or 10 upper labials. 
4 * Unless otherwise stated in the generic diagnoses, the upper head-shields 
» ie eeeertood to be mormal~ vit So Saeeeia nomeel a pair of internasals, 
‘ a pair of prefrontals, a frontal, a pair of parietals, and, on each gabe A 
Deter, cher two nesals, a loreal, cme,6 Maar Sk amas cael 
and several labials. The presence of su as a 
merely specific character, e. g. 
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