144. TAEBOPHIS. 47 



144. TARBOPHIS. 



Teleseopus (non Montf.), Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 182 (1830) ; Bum. 



8p Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 1054 (1864) : Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. 



p. 102 (1863). 

 TarbopMs, Fleischm. Dalni. nov. 8erp, Gen. p. 17 (1831) ; Bum. ^ 



Bibr. t. 0. p. 911 ; Jan, I. c. p. 99. 

 Trigonophis, Eichw. Zool. Spec. Moss. Pol iii. p. 174 (1831). 

 Dipsas, part., Schleg. PJiys. 8erp. ii. p. 257 (1837). 

 Ailurophis, Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital. ii. (1837). 

 Tachymenis, part., Gunth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. S3 (1858). 



Maxillary teeth 10 to 12, anterior longest, gradually decreasing 

 in size posteriorly, and followed, after an interspace, by a pair of 

 enlarged, grooved fangs, situated below the posterior border of the 

 «ye ; anterior mandibular teeth strongly enlarged. Head distinct 

 from neck ; eye moderate, with vertically elliptic pupil. Body 

 cylindrical or slightly compressed ; scales smooth, oblique, with 

 apical pits, in 19 to 23 rows ; vcntrals rounded. Tail moderate ; 

 eubcaudals in two rows. 



Ks. 4. 



Maxillary and mandible of TarbopMs Jallax. 



South-eastern Europe, South-western Asia, Tropical and North- 

 eastern Africa. 



Synopsis of the Species. 

 I. Loreal entering, or nearly entering, the eye. 



A. Scales in 19 or 21 rows. 



Posterior chin-shields narrowly sepa- 

 rated from each other in front ; 

 ventrals 174-190 ; anal divided .... 1. savignyi, p. 48. 



Posterior chin-shields widely separated ; 



\ ventrals 186-222 ; anal divided .... 2. fallax, p. 48. 



Posterior chin-shields widely separated ; 



ventrals 203-235 ; anal entire .... 3. iberus, p. 49. 



B. Scales in 23 rows ; ventrals 268-280 ; anal entire. 



4. rhinoporrMf p. 50. 



