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450 THE SNAKES OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



8. CHLOROPHIS. 

 Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad., 1857, p. 52 ; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. ii. p. 91. 

 Four Species in South Africa. 



I. Ventrals without keels. 



Two labials entering the eye ; sub-caudals 85-107 . . C. hoplogaster. 



II. Ventrals with distinct lateral keels. 



Two labials entering the eye ; a single anterior temporal ; 



sub-caudals 77-114 .. .. .. .. .. C. neglecius. 



Two labials entering the eye ; usually two superposed 



anterior temporals ; sub-caudals 11 4-1 40 . . . . C. natalensis. 



Three labials entering the eye ; sub-caudals 94-133 . . C. irregularis. 



1. Chlorophis hoplogaster. 



Ahcstiilla hoplogaster, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xi., 1863, p. 284. 

 Chlorophis hoplogaster, Bouleng., t.c, p. 93, pi. v. fig. 2. 

 South Africa, Central and East Africa. 



Cape Colony : Wynberg ? (Gardner) ; Port EHzabeth (Cregoe, Moor- 

 house) ; Port St. Johns (Shortridge) ; Knysna (Baimbridge). 

 Natal: Durban (Bowker, Sanderson). 

 Transvaal : Barberton (Rendall) . 



2. Chlorophis neglectus. 



Philothamnus neglectus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1866, p. 890. 

 Chlorophis neglectus, Bouleng., t.c, p. 94. 

 East Africa, Southern Rhodesia, British Central Africa. 

 Southern Rhodesia: Salisbury (Marshall). 



3. Chlorophis natalensis. 



Dendrophis natalensis. Smith, 111., Rept. pi. Ixiv. 



Chlorophis natalensis, Bouleng., t.c, p. 94. 



South and Central Africa. 



Cape Colony : Mossel Bay (Layard) ; Port St. Johns (Shortridge) ; 



Port Elizabeth (Moorhouse) ; Kimberley (French) ; Tsomo 



(Watermeyer). 

 Natal: Durban (Sanderson). 

 Transvaal: Lydenburg (Kilgou). 

 North-Western Rhodesia: Kafue River (Drury). 



4. Chlorophis irregularis. 



Coluber irregularis, Leach, in Bowdich, Ashantee, p. 494. 



Chlorophis irregularis, Bouleng., t.c, p. 96. 



Tropical Africa, Southern Rhodesia. 



Southern Rhodesia : Mazoe (DarHng) ; Salisbury (Marshall, Thomas) . 



9. PHILOTHAMNUS. 



Smith, 111., Rept. ; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. ii. p. 98. 



A single Species in South Africa. 



Philothamnus semivariegatus, Smith, op. c, pis. lix. and Ix. ; 



Bouleng., t.c, p. 99. 

 Tropical and South Africa. 

 Cape Colony : Douglas (Orpen). 

 Transvaal : Barberton (Rendall). 



Rhodesia : Salisbury (Thomas, Darling) ; Livingstone (Stephenson) . 

 Portuguese East Africa : Delagoa Bay (De Coster). 



