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OLIGODONTin^, 



"Vertical large, five-sided ; occipitals obliquely truncated 

 behind. Loreals 3 or 4. One large prse-ocular extending 

 to, or nearly to, the vertical. A ring of small shields 

 surrounds the lower and hinder parts of the orbit. 

 Upper labials small, about 14. Temporals numerous, 

 scale-like. Scales ovate or oblong-ovate, keeled, in 

 27-29 series. Ventrals 237. Anal entire. Snb-caudala 

 two-rowed ; a distinct ridge on each side of the ab- 

 domen. 



Colour yellowish olive, with a dorsal series of round 



brown spots, and two series of short brown longitudinal 



„ .,. , streaks alonar each side. Bach shield on the snout 



Zamenis cuaaema. o , 



With a brown spot ; a brown band crosses the inter- 

 occipital space, and is continued to the angle of the mouth. A horse 

 shoe-like band on the occipitals. 



Hah. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Eajputana 

 and Kutch, also in Beloochistau (Quetta) Afghanistan and Mahim 

 (Bombay). 



Zamenis ventrimaculatus, Gray, Ind. Zool., fig. C. ; Lizards, 

 p. 106. Gonyosoma dorsale. And. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 395 ; Chmth. Bep. 

 Brit. Ind. 253; Theoh. Cat. Rep. Brit. Ind. ip. 169; Murray, Hdbh, 

 ■Zool., 8fc., Sind, p. 260. 



Head of moderate length. Habit slender. Rostral as high as broad. 

 Prse-frontals nearly as large as post-frontals. Vertical five-sided, with the 

 lateral margins very concave. Occipitals truncated behind, each with 

 a small semi-circular shield following. Loreal quadrangular. Two prse- 

 oculars, the lower smaller, upper concave and extending to the vertical 

 shield. Two post-oculars. Nine upper labials, the 5th and 6th entering 

 the orbit. Scales oblong, ovate, smooth, without apical groove, iu 1& 

 rows. Ventrals 205-220. Anal bifid. Sub-caudals 90-102, 



Colour yellowish olive, with numerous very distinct narrow cross bars 

 on the back, each being half as wide as an interspace of the ground colour. 

 A series of small black spots along each side. Belly yellowish, with an 

 irregular row of black dots on each side. A black cross band between 

 the eyes; an oblique black streak below them, another on the temple. 

 A black spot in the loreal region, and a dark line on the median line of 

 the neck.. 



Rab. — Sind, the Deccan (Poona) Concan (Bombay) Bengal, 

 Beloochistau and Persia, and the whole of South Western Asia to Egypt. 



Zamenis gracilis, Gunth. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Eist. 1862, p. 125; 

 Bep. Brit. Ind. p. 254, pi. xxi. fig. H. ; Theob. Cat. Bep. Brit. Ind. 

 p. 170; Murray, Hdbh., Zool, 8fc., Sind, p. 260. 



Head narrow, distinct from neck. Body and tail slender. Eostral 

 as high as broad. Prse-frontals half as large as post-frontals. Vertical 

 five-sided. Occipitals rounded behind. Loreal square. Two prse-oculars, 

 the upper in contact with the vertical; the lower small. Nine upper 

 labials, the 5th and 6th entering the orbit. Temporals 2+2+3+3/ 

 the anterior in contact -with the post-oculara. Scales elongate, narrow. 



