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(5) E. langsdorffii.—YeniYals 204—225; subcaudals 37—54; 

 1 + 1 temporals. 



Colour dark brown, with 63 transverse series of cream-coloured 

 spots, each occupying one scale ; belly yellow, with red cross-bands. 

 Total length, 300 millimetres. 

 Habitat : Upper Amazons. 



(6) E. buckleyi.— 203— 211 ventrals ; 39—43 subcaudals ; 1 + 2 

 temporals. 



Colour orange, with 48 — 60 black annuli edged with small 

 yellow spots ; head black ; temples yellow. 

 Total length, 505 millimetres ; tail 70. 

 Habitat : Northern Brazil, Eastern Ecuador. 



(7) E. anomalus. — 227 ventrals; 29 subcaudals ; 1 + 1 temporals. 

 Colour : Body with 55 black annuli separated by narrow 



brownish-white bands ; belly yellowish ; anterior half of head black, 

 posterior half yellow ; tail yellow or red, with 4 black rings. 



Total length, 280 miUimetres ; tail 23. 



Habitat : Colombia. 



(8) E. heterozonus. — Scales in 15 rows ; 210 — 219 ventrals ; 

 16 — 23 subcaudals ; 1 4- 1 temporals. 



Colour red or brown, with 17 to 23 black rings, mostly narrower 

 than the interspaces ; a black band on the head across the eyes. 

 Total length, 900 millimetres ; tail 40. 

 Habitat : Eastern Ecuador, Eastern Peru, Bolivia. 



(9) E. elegans.— Scales in 15 rows ; 189—221 ventrals ; 29—47 

 subcaudals; 1-1-1 temporals. 



Colour : Black annuli in sets of three, separated by reddish- 

 brown interspaces ; 12 — 17 sets ; head black, with yellow blotches. 

 Total length, 730 millimetres; tail 70. 

 Habitat : Mexico and Guatemala. 



(10) E. annellatus. — Scales in 15 rows ; 200 — 211 ventrals ; 

 30 — 45 subcaudals ; 1 -I- 1 temporals. 



Colour black, with 41 — 49 narrow white rings on the body, 

 4 — 7 on the tail ; a white ring on the head. 



