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2. Chlorophis ORNATUS. 



Philothamnus ornatus Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. ii. 1872, p. 80, 

 and Herp. Ang. p. 93, pi. xii. fig. 1. 



Chlorophis ornatus Bouleng. t. c. p. 93. 

 Angola and Portuguese Guinea. 



3. Chlorophis hoplogaster. 



Ahcetulla hoplogaster Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xi. 

 1863, p. 285. 



Chlorophis hoplogaster Bouleng. t. c. p. 93. 

 Central, East, and South Africa. 



4. Chlorophis neglectus. 



Philothamnus negleclns Peters, Mon. Berk Ac, 1866, p. 890. 

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

 East and Central Africa. 



5. Chlorophis angolensis. 



Philothamnus angolensis Bocage, Jorn, Sc. Lisb. ix. 1882, p. 7. 



Chlorophis angolensis Bouleng. t. c. p, 95. 



Angola. 



6. Chlorophis heterolepidotus, 



Ahaztulla heterolepidota Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xi. 

 1863, p. 286. 



Chlorophis heterolepidotus Bouleng. t. c. p, 95, pi. v. fig. 3. 



Philothamnus heterolepidotus Bocage, Herp, Ang, p. 88. 



Tropical Africa, from the Gold Coast to Angola, eastwards to 

 the Coast of Zanzibar. 



7. Chlorophis irregularis. 



Coluber irregularis Leach, in Bowrlicli, Miss. Ashanteo, p. 494. 

 Chlorophis irregularis Bouleng. t'. c. p. 96. 

 Philothamnus irregularis Bocage, op, cit. p. 85, pi. xii. fig. 2. 

 Senegambia and Uganda to Angola and Southern Rhodesia. 



8. Chlorophis heterodermus Hallow. Proa. Ac, Philad. 1857, 

 p. 54; Bouleng. t. c. p. 97. 



Philothamnus heterodermus Bocage, op. cit, p. 89. 

 Sierra Leone to Congo, eastwards to L, Tanganyika. 



9. Chlorophis carinatus Anderss. Bih. Sv. .Ak, Handl., 

 xxvii. iv. no. 5, 1901, p. 9. 



Cameroon, Belgian and Portuguese Congo. 

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