438 



AMBLTCEPHALIDiE. 



not larger than first, and in contact with the posterior nasal only j- 

 third upper labial large, forming a short suture with the prsefrontaL 

 Scales in 21 or 23 rows. Ventrals 248 ; anal divided ; subcaudals- 

 117. Olive above, yellowish beneath. 



Total length 2600 millim. ; tail 645. 



Anseba, Abyssinia. 



Fam. 8. AMBLTCEPHALID-ffi. 



Aglyphodontes PariSasiens, part., Leptognathiens, part., Dum&rilj. 



Mem. Ac. Sc. xxiii. p. 427, 1853 ; Dumeril 8( Bibron, Erp. GSn.. 



vii. 1854. 

 Dipsadidse, part., Giinther, Cat. Col. Sn. p. 162, 1858. 

 Ambljcephalidse, Gunther, Mept. Brit. Ind. p. 324, 1864. 

 Colubridee, part. (Leptognathinse, part.). Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos^ 



Sac. xxiii. p. 484, 1886. 

 Amblycephalidss, Boulenger, Faun. Ind., Bept. p. 414, 1890. 



Fig. 31. 



rf ^ ^ JILIZ-Jl 



-pm 



-prni 



Skull of Amblycephalns carinatus. 



