146 COLUBRID, 
1. Rhamphiophis rubropunctatus. 
Dipsina rubropunctata, Fischer, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. i. 1884, 
p. 7, pl. i. fig. 3. 
a is rubropunctatus, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) i, 1888, 
p. 327. 
Snout rounded, with obtusely angular horizontal edge. Rostral 
broad above, measuring two thirds its distance from the frontal, 
narrowed and T-shaped beneath; internasals much broader than 
long, much shorter than the prefrontals; frontal twice as long as 
broad, slightly shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, 
longer than the parietals; loreal as long. as deep; preocular single 
or divided, not reaching the frontal, its upper portion resting on the 
loreal; two postoculars; temporals 2 or 344; eight (rarely nine) 
upper labials, fourth and fifth (or fifth and sixth) entering the eye; 
four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 
which are a little longer and much broader than the posterior. 
Scales in 19 rows (21 or 23 on the neck). Ventrals 230-241; anal 
divided ; subcaudals 154-160. Brown or reddish brown above, 
uniform or dotted with red; head reddish, without dark markings ; 
upper lip and lower parts yellowish. 
~ Total length 1020 millim.; tail 340. 
Kilimandjaro, E. Africa, 
a. 3, bad state (V. 280; — Kilimandjaro. * Sir H. H. Johnston, 
C.'154). | [P.]. 
2. Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus. 
Psammophis oxyrhynchus, Reinh. Vid. Selsk. Skrift. x. 1848, p. 244, 
pl. i. figs. 10-12. 
Rhamphiophis rostratus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 624, and 
Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 124, pl. xix. fig. 1 (1882). 
Ceelopeltis oxyrhynchus, Jan, Elenco, p. 89 (1868), and Icon. Gén. 
34, pl. i. fig. 1 (1870); F. Mill. Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel, vi. 1878, 
2 
Rhaseethls unguiculata, Giinth. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (4) i. 1868, 
p. 422, pl. -xix. fig. G. 
Ccelopeltis porrectus, Jan, Icon. Gén. 34, pl. ii. fig. 1. 
Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus, Peters, Reisen. Mossamb. iii. p. 126, 
ie ae oxyrhynchus, Giinth. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. 6) i. 1888, 
p. 327. 
Snout obtusely pointed, with angular horizontal edge, somewhat 
hooked in profile. Upper portion of rostral as long as or a little shorter 
than its distance from the frontal; internasals broader than long, 
shorter than the preefrontals; frontal about twice as long as broad, 
nearly as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 
than the parietals; loreal as long as deep; two or three preoculars, 
upper not reaching the frontal; two or three postoculars; temporals 
small, 2 or 3 + 3 or 4; eight (rarely seven) upper labials, fifth or 
fourth and fifth entering the eye; four or five lower labials in con- 
tact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or shorter than 
