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SNAKES OF CEYLON. 



postoculars and temporals of many authors. The 1st and 

 2nd touch the nasals; and the 3rd and 4th the eye. Sub- 

 linguals : Absent. If any scales arc sufficiently well developed 

 to merit the name ot anterior sublinguals, they are completely 

 separated by small scales. Infralabials : Four ; the 4th 

 largest and in contact with three or four scales behind. 

 Cuneate : A complete row after the 2nd infralabial. (Fig. 77.) 



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FiG. 77. — Lapemis curtus. 

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