LIOPELTIS 



163 



upper labials, seventh largest, fourth and fifth entering eye; 8 

 lower labials, 4 touching anterior chin shields which are slightly 

 longer than, but almost equal in size to, posterior; scales in 15 

 rows, smooth, without apical pits ; ventrals, 149, slightly angulate 

 laterally; subcaudals, 116; anal divided. 



Color in life. — Grayish to olive brown above, anterior third of 

 body and head rather more olive ; a black streak begins on rostral, 

 passes through eye and continues along neck and sides some dis- 

 tance, growing gradually indistinct ; tail above a light reddish to 

 pinkish brown ; a pale yellowish to lavender olive streak along 

 outer row of scales and edges of ventral; chin and belly im- 

 maculate creamy white. 



Measurements of Liopeltis tricolor (Schlegel) . 



Total len^h 



Snout to vent 



Tail 



Width of head 



Length of head 



mm. 



502 



324 



178 



9 



18 



Table 31. — Measurements and scale counts of Liopeltis tricolor {Schlegel) . 



« Mutilated. 



Va/riation. — Practically no variation of moment is evident 

 in the Philippine specimens; the ventrals vary from 1.37 to 149; 

 the subcaudals, from 116 to 124. A fourth, badly mutilated 

 specimen in my collection was taken from the stomach of a 

 Boiga dendrophila from Palawan. I obtained a specimen of 

 this species on the very small island of Bubuan, Tapian 

 group, Sulu Archipelago, in October, 1917. It was taken in 

 a low tree about 3 meters from the earth; the tip of the tail 



