438 — AMBLYCEPHALID&. 
not larger than first, and in contact with the posterior nasal only >. 
third upper labial large, forming a short suture with the preefrontal.. 
Scales in 21 or 23 rows. Ventrals 248; anal divided ; subcaudals- 
117. Olive above, yellowish beneath. 
Total length 2690 millim.; tail 545. 
Anseba, Abyssinia. 
Fam. 8. AMBLYCEPHALIDA. 
Aglyphodontes Paréasiens, part., Leptognathiens .» Duméril,. 
Bien, Ao. Se. xxiii. p. 497 1863; Duméril & ibvon ’ Erp. Gén.. 
Vii. : 
Dipsadide, bse Giinther, Cat. Col. Sn. p. 162, 1858. 
Amblycephalide, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 824, 1864. 
Colubride, part. (Leptognathinze : » Proc. Amer. Philos. 
See xxitiep, aod, 1886 a gleam iapsatiey i 
Anibtyeasbalils, Boulenger, Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 414, 1890. 
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