168. RHAMPHIOPHIS. 147 
the posterior. Scales in 17 rows (21 or 23 on the neck). Ventrals 
148-192; anal divided; subcaudals 90-110. Yellowish or pale 
brown above, uniform or with small red or dark brown spots, or with 
dark brown margins to the scales; a blackish shade in front of and 
behind the eye; upper lip and lower parts yellowish white. 
Total length 1380 millim.; tail 420. 
Tropical Africa. 
ear: (V. 151, 148; C. 94, Lamu, E. Africa, F. J. Jackson, Esq. 
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ce. Yg. (V. 183; C.?). Taveta, E. Africa, * Anstruther, Esq. 
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ad, 3 (V.171; C.?). Taro Plains, E. Dr. J. W. Gregory 
Africa, [P.]. 
e. ¥g. (V. 177; CO. 99). Zanzibar. Sir J. Kirk (C.]. 
(Type of R. unguiculata.) 
F-g. 8 (V. 178; ©. 108) Coast of Zanzibar. 
& 2 (V. 157; OC, 103). 
A. Yg. (V. 168; °C. 103). Coast of Zanzibar. F, Finn, Esq. [P.]. 
t. Agr. (V. 192; C.110). Mpwapwa, interior of 
ast Africa, 
k. Hgr. (V.170; C. 90). Fort Johnston, Brit. Sir H. H. Johnston, 
C. Africa. Prk 
J. Skull. Mombasa. 
m. Skull. Kavironda, E. Africa. F EY ; Jackson, Esq. 
3. Rhamphiophis togoensis. 
Psammophis acuta (non Giinth.), Matschie, Zool. Jahrb. v. 1890, 
. 615. 
—— togoensis, Matschie, Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. vi. 1893, p. 212. 
Snout obtusely pointed. Rostral nearly as deep as broad, its 
upper portion half as long as its distance from the frontal ; inter- 
nasals broader than long, a little shorter than the prefrontals ; 
frontal twice as long as broad, longer than its distance from the 
end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal as long as deep; 
two preoculars, upper not reaching the frontal; two postoculars ; 
temporals 1 or 243; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering 
the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 
which are longer than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows (19 on the 
neck). Ventrals 171-182; anal divided ; subcaudals 66-88. Olive- 
brown above, with a darker vertebral line, and a black lateral stripe 
extending to the end of the snout and passing through the eye; 
upper lip, sides below the black lateral stripe, and lower parts 
white; a black line along each side of the belly. 
Total length 220 millim, 
Togoland, West Africa, 
a. Yg. (V. 182; C.?) Togoland. Berlin Museum [E. ]. 
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