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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. 
ROTEL LO t- OL SWeCInONe yyy aire Ceue ON ihe c5 site ee aden OOO Per cent. 
BO CE TRO ds ae nk oe vo oy sv eee oe Ce as 2 
23 by Pe aia i OW me Meer ee oad ear TE PARE myn WEN irr qpe met 42 84 
21 a Me reo ay Ate cron dey CIE wee pe wale tig 6 2 
AD an eet e Soe Aen Cae ren Rh ya ee ger te eee 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: 
Total Number of Specimens RRS BR a ee ie ee a ee Per cent. 
BU POMOC ING Wei aia carey Ammann ciTamlien § lie Cr Mice ae ra ee wes 0 0 
23 le ot SNE ALON PACING 50 Tew ce bated 15 Soh eg NgGeT ae Cree Fe oO 66 2-3 
21 re eT Oe er Peer eae a es 8 26 2-3 
19 Y sete ee en ae hee eee TEE ge ere 2 6 2-3 
KOREA. 
The records in literature, and notes from a few other 
Specimens are combined in the following table: 
MOGUL anne) Ol MOC ONS oi vec i is is sa is ewes vebueeias 25 Per cent. 
OE CLG LUOW Ba Me Pitas ee Wicairti wy Cae Fa oA eee ta 0 0 
238 fe ANAM eA eM TiN Ey CGT RE Ge. ty Leake CRE ee oe 5 20 
2 he ee eaten ene gee) uy CEI Ge Mr Cen eo mere eee 20 80 
19 Oe See Pee eee eer vere Ce eae ce ee 0 0 
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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: 
Ot NUINDGPI GT BpGCiMONS isos us sees Seay ¥ eae ves fackic aerial Per cent. 
BO SCRNO INOW Bcc A- chart Wcicy I Ae On OO HATE banc tap ainenuoi aie a nee Wie a 0 0 
23 ae Lege Pinele g PRS T Vyas REAL SAO SN ONT CRY CAAA Coie as ard 3 10 1-3 
21 xs Mee Pa bate ec nee ee er ee 26 89 2-8 
19 : Ee AGEE wile vb GAC POO oN CONTE Hed, Si aa aT A DET Ge SUV ) 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: 
AACE MUTE er Ode BOGEN GN Sec ie dace bv) © MastiscertinyWavy-cane Veh dik dora pale 46 Per cent, 
BOC BORO INO WE WW aie rr HA ie Ue tl gee V8 CONN Ney GEV ERAT es 0 if 1-8 
23 ie be OEE Be enlEN WAL Wo SL eee EAE Fc EVLA ON 1 Wee Cd wae 8 17 1-3 
21 i ae Fe rae re: ;-) 82 1-2 
at) d Hee ete ie ae MRE ee ee eee 0 0 
