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CENTRAL ASIA. 
The data for this table has been compiled from the Snakes 
of the Russian Empire by Strauch, the Catalogue of the Snakes 
in the British Museum by Boulenger, and the Herpetology of 
Japan by Professor Leonhard Stejneger. 
Mota NUM ber Of 5S DECITVEN SI = .etepspers) cis, cs lojs arehs/soaisiate cisleyofsieiee a) els.s aleve, ave 50 Per cent. 
OMS Call CML OW Simmer pary ceieraeieta tetevarel-isp-el=le(oyeleraichetoierese stovele. creresnerereiete,¢ 2 4 
23 ke OT BSp Sodan DedeaTobabtADoDeopaD ede daoeauneobpodnn an 42 84 
21 ie i csnnncooubaaanpob deen caous dt pouuDUDboomoaonedauc 6 12 
19 Hs W  asgissd aouasasdsasondore eae Vodtogmmdnoobac donee 0 0 
In comparing this table with those that follow it will be 
noted that the serpents from Central Asia have the highest 
scale row count, the normal being 23 rows, furthermore it is 
only from this region that specimens with 25 rows have been 
reported. 
EASTERN SIBERIA. 
The Khingan Range of Mountains is regarded as the 
boundary between Central and Eastern Siberia. The records 
in literature, notes on eleven specimens in the Vladivostock 
Museum, and two collected in 1907 afford the following table: 
MOtAENUM Perso fe SPECIMENS | ster cleleretelersicieketeieie ti elechelaiel oisip @ fers elors. 6 /ei che 30 Per cent. 
25 Scale Rows 0 
23 9 ” 
21 
19 
KOREA. 
The records in literature, and notes from a few other 
specimens are combined in the following table: 
Mo talyNmib ern ota Si CCUM SMS pe rerersiezsrat ete iaie tess ate) «1 afeveistalelalstaveyete .erevelelalcbate rors 25 Per cent. 
PAX) GEIS LEO ao ncooasdioagdonpoodacnouRnduDadSDUeDUsboUeAaaan 0 
23 a ?  . BegoaaaouodonADpoadA so ao OU DdaadepEhOMstote aone 6 20 
21 ue DM Sretetecatste tases ay or eteye SUC A SORE OR OATES ea ae eee ie 20 80 
19 2 ee “Sokle soon A COTS Gn eCHO Ab pals Gute neotenic 0 0 
CHINA. 
The records in the Catalogue of Snakes in the British Mu- 
seum and notes from twenty examples collected at Shanghai 
compose the following table: 
PROTA MEN LIN DSL O LEIS DC GLINGMS mterepaceic/ spot shete¥s_cisvatelclaledelslevstelefetelcerelshacsonsiafos- 29 Per cent. 
25 Scale Rows z 0 
23 ey oe 10 1-3 
21 89 2-3 
19 0 
JAPAN. 
There are available in literature and from a few field 
notes the following records of the maximum number of scale 
rows around the anterior half of the body: 
ROTA INI Chu Otg SPC CIIECTIS@ reteteteta wreleieaie ps efaeqeleferelntetetetaraieselecctelarelVarefe (= 46 Per cent. 
25 Scale Rows 
23 me my 17 1-2 
21 82 1-2 
19 0 
