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THE REPTILES OF EGYPT. 
Tarbophis savignyi, Blgr. (Fig. 11 text.) 
Couleuvre, Savigny, Descr. de l'Egypte, Hist. Nat. i. ? 1829, Suppl. Rept. pi. iv. (1813) figs. 2 i-2a. 
Tarbophis savignyi, Blgr. Cat. Snakes B. M. iii. 1896, p. 48. 
" Very closely allied to T. fall ax, but snout shorter and broader; internasals broader 
than long ; frontal not more than once and one third as long as broad ; nasal entire 
or semidivided ; loreal once and a half to twice and a half as long as deep, usually 
entering the eye ; posterior chin-shields narrowly separated from each other in front. 
Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 174-190; anal divided; subcaudals 45—57. Yellowish 
Fisr. 11. 
Tarbophis savignyi, Blgr. 
Reproduced from Plate iv. (1813) figs. 2i, 22, and 2 s of Reptiles (Supplement), Descr. de l'Egypte. 
above, with a dorsal series of 23 to 28 dark brown or black spots on the body, 
these spots sometimes confluent with a lateral series of spots or vertical bars which 
usually alternate with the dorsal series ; the first blotch largest, covering the nape and 
descending to the sides of the neck, which it may entirely encircle ; head greyish 
above, dotted with black and with a few small black spots ; labials dark-edged ; belly 
black, or much spotted or marbled with dark brown or black. 
" Total length 465 millim. ; tail 65. 
" Southern Syria, Lower Egypt." 
