54. ZaAMeNIs. 401 
p-s. 9 (V. 211; C. 108), Sind, Dr. Leith [P.). 
her. (V. 210, 3 C, 
166, 13), & yg. (V. 
; Har. \V- 208, 199 ; Sind. F. Day, Esq. [P.}. 
. 2 (V. 200; C. 118 N.W. India. T. C. Jerd 
& yz. (V. 190; ©. 103). Ss sel 
x. 2'(V. 206; 6. 98). Bengal (??). Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 
(Type.) 
. 18. Zamenis karelinii. 
Coluber, (Tyria) karelinii, Brandt, Bull. Ac. St. Pétersh. iii. 1838, 
Clloristodon brachycephalus, Severzow, Voy. Turkest. P 72 (1873). 
Zamenis karelinii, Strauch, Schl. Russ. R. p. 110, pl. iii, (1873) ; 
Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. Ps 326 (1890). 
—— ventrimaculatus, part., Blanf. Zool. E. Pers. p. 414 ( yr 
— var. karelinii, Boettg. Zool. Jahrb. iii, 1883, 
p. 92 
Snout more or less pointed, projecting, with sharp canthus and 
nearly vertical lores; rostral as deep as broad, deeply hollowed out 
beneath, the portion visible from above nearly half as long as its 
distance from the frontal ; internasals as long as the prefrontals; 
frontal about once and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance 
from the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; 
loreal as deep as long or a little deeper than Jong; one prmocular, 
in contact with the frontal; a small subocular below the pra- 
ocular; two postoculars, with a larger subocular below them; rarely — 
a third subocular completely separates the eye from the labials; 
temporals 2+3; nine upper labials, fifth normally entering the 
eye; four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields; posterior chin-shields longer than the anterior, but 
extremely narrow and separated from each other by two or three 
series of scales. Scales perfectly smooth, in 19 rows. Ventrals 
angulate laterally, 193-212; anal divided; subcaudals 85-110. 
Yellowish or sah grey above, with a dorsal series of transverse 
: black spots or cross bands, between each pair of which there is, 
on each side, a black lateral spot extending on the outer border of 
the ventrals ; a black spot below the eye and another on the temple; 
lower parts white or pink. A variety is uniform pale greyish above, 
with a bright orange vertebral stripe. 
Total length 720 millim.; tail 195. 
Transcaspia, Turkestan, Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan. 
A. Above with dark spots, 
a. 2 (V. 208; C. 96). Krasnowodsk. St ee Mus. 
b. Yg.(V. 207; C.99).  Kila-i-Fath, Seistan. Gon. Gotdemia [P.]. 
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