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Total length 280 millim. ; tail 52. 
Philippine Islands. 
a. 2 (V. 144; C. 40). Philippines. H, Tene Esq. [C.]. 
(Type. 
136. ITHYCYPHUS. 
Coluber, , Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 125 (1837). 
ati cy part., Schleg. l. ec. p. 173 
Dryophylax, part., Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gén, vii. p. 1103 (1854). 
Philodryas, part., Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 128 1858) ; Jan, Elenco 
sist, Ofid. p. 83 ( 1863). 
Ithycyphus, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) xi. 1873, p. 374. 
Maxillary teeth 15 to 18, subequal, followed, after a short inter- 
space, by a pair of enlarged, grooved fangs; anterior mandibular 
teeth longest. Head distinct from neck; eye moderate, with round 
pupil. Body cylindrical; scales smooth, with apical pits, in 21 
rows ; ventrals obtusely angulate laterally. Tail long; subcaudals 
in two rows. Hypapophyses developed throughout the vertebral 
column. 
Madagascar ; Comoro Islands. 
1. Ithycyphus goudoti. 
Herpetodryas goudotii, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p: 187 (1837). 
Dryophylax goudotii, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 1122 (1854). 
Philodryas goudotii, Giinth. Cat. p. 125 (1858). 
sari! ra caudolineatus, Giinth. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (4) xi. 1873, 
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Rostral twice as broad as deep, just visible from shows ; inter- 
nasals longer than broad, shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal 
bell-shaped, once and one third to once and a half as long as broad, 
as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 
parietals; loreal twice to thrice as long as deep; one prmocular 
(sometimes divided), in contact with the frontal ; three postoculars ; 
temporals 14+2 or 242; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 
entering the eye; four or five lower labials in contact with the 
anterior chin-shields, which are much shorter than the posterior. 
Scales in 21 rows. Ventrals 170-209; anal divided; subcaudals 
121-175. Yellowish or pale brown above, uniform or with more 
or less distinct angular or arrowheaded black markings; some of 
the scales may be white-edged ; upper lip yellow; a black line on 
each side of the head, passing through the eye; two more or less 
distinct black streaks on each side of the tail; belly yellowish or 
pale brown, uniform or spotted with black ; tail frequently with a 
black line along its lower surface. 
Total length 830 millim.; tail 340. 
Madagascar. 
a-d. 3 (V. 170, 175; S. Madagascar. es of I. caudo- 
C. 128, 165) & 9 te tus.) 
V. 181, 180; 0.?, 
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