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SNAKES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



Remarks. — This species may be identical with Cope's variety 

 laeta. Unfortunately his description is not at hand. If the 

 species are identical, then Cope's name will be used as a specific, 

 and not as a varietal name. 



Known from Luzon and Camiguin Island. There is a speci- 

 men of this species in the collection of the Ateneo de Manila. 

 This species differs from Dryophis prasirms in having an un- 

 divided anal, and in having 2 preoculars instead of 1. 



From Dryophis preocvlaris it differs in the presence of a large 

 loreal in front of the lower preocular. From both it differs in 

 the distinctive coloration. It is probably most closely related to 

 D. fasciolatus but differs in the number of loreals and pre- 

 oculars. 



Table 47. — Measurements and scale coiints of Dryophis griscus sp. nor. 



Type— No. 408, E. H. Taylor collection; collected at Buna- 

 wan, Agusan, Mindanao, March 12, 1913, by E. H. Taylor. 



Description of species.— (Adult female.) Rostral "broader 

 than high, the portion seen above a mere line; internasals 

 elongate, nearly twice as long as wide, their outer edge bent 

 sharply down at canthus rostralis ; prefrontals somewhat wider 

 than internasals, twice as long as wide, overlapping frontal; 



