168. EHAMPHI0PHI3. 



Pig. 9. 



145 



Skull of Bha/mphiophis oxyrhynchiis. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Prseooular not reaching th.e frontal. 



Scales in 19 rows on the hody ; ventrals 230- 



241 ; suboaudals 154-160 ; upper portion of 



rostral measuring two thirds its distance from 



the frontal 1. ruhropunctatiesi 



Scales in 17 rows on the body ; ventrals 148- . [p. 146t 



192 ; subcaudals 90-110 ; upper portion of ^ 



rostral as long as or a little shorter than ''"■-.'" ' 



its distance from the frontal 2. oocyrhynchus, 



Scales in 17 rows on the body ; ventrals 171- [p. 146. 



182 ; subcaudals 66-88 ; upper portion of 



rostral half as long as its distance from the 



frontal ^ 3. tocfoensis, p. 147, 



II. Prseocular forming a suture with the frontal ; scales in 17 



rows on the body. 



Ventrals 172-185 ; subcaudals 69-63 4. acutus, p. 148. 



Ventrals 155-168 ; subcaudals 31-40 5. rmdtimaculatus, 



[p. 148. 



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