CHRYSOPELEA 



217 



irregular lines crossing head; temporals each with a greenish 

 yellow spot; upper labials yellow, their upper edges black; chin 

 and throat immaculate greenish yellow. 



Variation. — The specimens studied have a ventral range of 

 from 208 to 218, and a subcaudal range from 128 to 142. The 

 preocular frequently fails to touch the frontal. There are seven 

 specimens in my collection from central eastern Mindoro, five 

 of which have the loreal scale wanting, and the head abnormally 

 flat. The specimen's examined from northern Mindoro do not 

 exhibit these characters. Two specimens from Balabac also 

 have the loreal wanting, but they differ greatly in color and 

 markings from Mindoro specimens. Boulenger mentions that 

 the loreal is sometimes fused with the prefrontal. 



Table 45. — Measureinents and scale counts of Chrysopelea ornata (Shaw). 



402 

 234 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Camiguin 



Polillo 



do 



do 



do 



Bunawan. Agusan _ 



do 



do 



Bubuan Island 



Collector. 



R. C. McGregor _. 



C. Canonizado 



do . 



do 



do 



E. H. Taylor 



do 



do 



do 



No. 



402 

 234 

 241 

 247 

 249 

 368 

 428 

 695 

 1832 



Post- 

 oculars 



Present- 

 ....do -- 

 .---do -- 

 ---.do - 

 ...do -- 

 .--.do.. 

 ....do .. 

 ....do.- 

 ....do-. 



Tem- 

 porals 



2-1-2-1-2 

 2I-2+2 

 2-|-2-t-2 

 2+2+2 

 2 + 2 + 2 

 2+2+2 

 2+242 

 2+2+2 

 1+2 + 2 



Collection. 



Bureau of Science. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 E. H. Taylor. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Bureau of Science. 



" Tail mutilated. 



The specimens vary considerably in color, but this is largely 

 due to age. The young are dark brown to blackish traversed 

 by very numerous greenish or reddish yellow bars ; specimens 

 somewhat older have greenish spots on the black scales between 

 the light bars ; medium-sized specimens usually exhibit the series 

 of red spots on the black line as in the described specimen. 



