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SNAKES OF CEYLON. 



about half to two -thirds the length of the nasals. Preeocular : 

 One, touching the frontal. Postoculars : Two. Temporals : 

 Two, the lower not quite as long as the supraocular. Supra- 

 labials : Eight ; the 1st and 2nd touching the nasals, 4th and 

 5th the eye, and the 5th, 6th, and 7th the lower temporal ; 4th 

 divided. Sublinguals : The posterior pair quite separated 

 by small scales, touching the 5th and 6th infralabials. 

 Infralabials : Six; the 6th largest, broader than the posterior 

 sublinguals, but shorter than those shields, touching three 

 scales behind. (Fig. 41.) 



Fig. 41. — Zamenis fasciolatus. 

 (Life size.) 



