137. LANGAHA. 35 



e. cS (V. 175 ; C. 162). Tamatave. Rev. W. D. Cowan 



[C], 

 y. cJ (V. 170; 0.164). Sahambendrana. M. MaiastrefCl. 



ff. $ (V. 176 ; 0. 144). Antongil Bav. L. H. Ramsom, Esq. 



A. SkuU of e. 



[P.]. 



2. Ithycyphus miniatus. 



Coluber miniatua, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 148 (1837), and Abhild. 



p. 104, pi xxviii. figs. 12-16 (1844). 

 Dryopbylax miniatus, Dum. 8f Bibr. vii. p. 1120 (1864). 

 Philodryas miniatus, Jan, Eleneo, p. 84 (1863) ; Boettg. Abh. Senck. 



Ges. xi. 1877, p. IS, and 1879, p. 464, and lii. 1881, p. 444. 



Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals 

 as long as broad or longer than broad, a little shorter than the 

 praefrontals ; frontal bell-shaped, once and one third to once and a 

 half as long as broad, as long as its distance from the rostral or the 

 end of the snout, as long as or a little shorter than the parietals ; 

 loreal once and a half to twice as long as deep ; one prseocular, not 

 reaching the frontal ; two (rarely three) postooulars ; temporals 

 1 + 2 (rarely 2 + 3) ; eight tipper labials, fourth and fifth entering 

 the eye ; four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 «hin-sbield8, which are as long as or shorter than the posterior. 

 Scales in 21 rows. Ventrals 195-212 j anal divided; suboaudals 

 128-164. Grejdsh, yellowish, or reddish, uniform or with small 

 •darker and lighter variegations ; posterior part of body and tail 

 sometimes bright red ; sides of head and neck sometimes with a 

 blackish streak, passing through the eye ; labials yellowish, some- 

 times edged with blackish ; belly more or less closely speckled with 

 brown. 



Total length 1230 millim. ; tail 400. 



Madagascar ; Comoro Islands. 



■a. 5 (V. 198 ; C. 163). Madagascar. 



b-e. ,3 (V. 202, 202 ; Imerina. Rev. R. Baron [C.]. 



C. 160, 160) & $ (V. 



207,195; 0.?, 138). 



187. LANGAHA. 



Langaha, Brugniire, Journ. de Phys. xxiv. 1784, p. 132; Lac6p. 

 Serp. ii. p. 469 (1789) ; Baud. Sept. vii. p. 237 (1803) ; Dum. ^ 

 Bibr. JErp. G&n. vii. p. 802 (1854) ; Ounth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 161 

 (1868) ; Jan, Eleneo sist. Ofid. p. 89 (1863). 



Xyphorhynchus, Wagl. 8yst. Amph. p. 184 (1830). 



Dryiophis, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 241 (1837). 



Maxillary teeth 15 or 16, subequal, followed by a pair of 

 enlarged, grooved fangs ; anterior palatine and mandibular teeth 

 very strongly enlarged, fang-like. Head distinct from neck, snout 

 with small shields, ending in a long scaly appendage ; eye moderate, 

 with vertical pupil ; nasal entire. Body cylindrical ; scales keeled, 



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