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167. CCELOPELTIS. 



Malpolon, part., Fitzing. N. Class. Sept. p. 29 (1826). 

 Psammophis, part., Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 621 ; Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii, 



p. 201 (1837). 

 Coelopeltis, Waffler, Syst. Amph. p. 189 (18.30) ; Bum. §• Bibr. Erp. 



G6n. vii. p. 1129 (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. Col. 8n. p. 138 (1868) ,■; 



Jan, Elenco mt. Ofid. p. 89 (1863) ; Bovleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xiii. 



1891, p. 151. 

 Miabdodon, Fleischm. Dalm. nov. Serp. Gen. p. 26 (1831). 

 Bothriophis, Eichzo. Beise Kasp. M. u. KauTc. i. p. 748 (1837). 

 Ehagerhis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1862, p. 274. 

 Coelopeltis, part., Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 80 (1863). 



Maxillary teeth 10 to 17, subequal, followed by one or two very 

 large grooved fangs situated below the posterior border of the eye ; 

 anterior mandibular teeth strongly enlarged. Head distinct from 

 neck, with more or less prominent snout, angular eanthus rostralis,^ 

 and projecting supraocular ; eye large, with round pupil ; nostril a 

 crescentic slit in a single or divided nasal ; frontal narrow. Body 

 cylindrical ; scales smooth, more or less distinctly grooved longi- 

 tudinally in the adult, with apical pits, in 17 or 19 rows ; ventrals' 

 rounded. Tail moderate or rather long ; subcaudals in two rows. 



Southern Europe, South-western Asia, North Africa. 



Kg. 8. 



Maxillary and mandible of Coelopeltis monspessula/na. 



1. Coelopeltis monspessulana. 



Coluber monspessulanus, Hermann, Ohs. Zool. i. p. 283 (1804) ; 



Dtigks, Ann. So. Nat. (2) iii. 1835, p. 137, pi. Vb. figs. 1-6. 

 Natrix lacertina, Wagl. in Spix, Serp. Bras. p. 18, pi. v. (1824). 

 Malpolon lacertinua, Fitzing. N. Class. Bept. p. 69 (1826). 

 Coluber rupestris, Bisso, Hist. Nat. Eur. MSr. iii. p. 91 (1826). 

 insignitus, I. Geoffr. Descr. Egypte, Bept. pp. 147, 151, pi. vii. 



fig. 6, and Sappl. pi. v. figs. 2 & 3 (1827). 

 SBsculapii, Dugis, Ann. So. Nat. xii. 1827, p. 394, pi. xlvi. 



fig. 17. 

 Khabdodon fusous, Fleischm. Eahn. nov. Serp. Gen. p. 26, pi. ii. 



(1831). 

 Coluber fuscus, Dmgubsky, Nat. Sist. Buss., Amph. p. 26 (1832). 



virena, Dwignbsky, I. c. 



vermiculatus, MinAtr. Cat. Bais. p. 72 (1832). 



flexuosus, Fisch. de Waldh. Bull. Soo. Nat, Mosc. iv. 1832, 



p. 574. 



