A NEW SNAKE FROM ST LUCIA 



Table 2 Distribution of tubercles on the dorsal, frontal and parietal scales of some selected specimens of Clelia. 



Dorsal scale-row nos. 



10 



par 



scytalina 



68.4.7.7 



equatoriana 



60.6.16.47 



clelia 19:19:17 



1930.10.10.188 



clelia 19:19:17 



94.3.14.60 



clelia 17:19:17 



89.4.8.2 



errabunda St L. 



89.8.14.25 



errabunda St L. 



MNHP 7598 



errabunda 'Dominica' 



89.8.14.12 



errabunda 'Demerara' 



1988.719 



rustica 



1909.11.2.16 



bicolor 



1980.1651 



M--4142154 

 M - 1 - - 1 1 1 1 2 

 M-------23 2 



F 1 3 1 14 2 4 4 3 4 

 M23- 233346 6 

 M-----12-- 



M-----12-- 



F----34532 



F---11112- 

 M---------- 



F ----- 1 1 1 1 1 



117 



98 



129 



98 



151 



104+ 



96 



87 



150 



112 



138 



92 



200 



104 



186 



152 



141 



132 



72 



45 + 



45 



34 



Table 3 Comparison of Clelia species. 















Max 







Vert. 







n 



suplabs 



V 



C 



teeth 



L.lung 



Trachea 



row 



scytalina 



F 



1 



2:2:3 



209 



83 



13 



+ 



+ 



+ 





M 



1 





212 



75 



14 









equatoriana 



F 



2 



2:2:3 



217-219 



- 



11.5 



+ 



+ 



+ 





M 



2 





201 



72 



12 









clelia 



F 



15 



2:2:3 



213-228-238 



50-73-84 



11.5 



+ 



+ 



+ 





M 



13 





204-215-226 



64-82-91 



11.3 









errabunda 



F 



2 



2:2:3 



231-234 



71 



14 



+ 



- 



- 





M 



2 





221-224 



84 



13.7 









rustica 



F 



7 



2:2:3 



195-208-231 



39-44-55 



11.3 



- 



- 



- 





M 



2 





195-210-223 



61 



13.0 









bicolor 



F 



2 



3:2:3 



177-178 



58-59 



15.5 



- 



- 



- 



V = ventrals, C = subcaudals, min-mean-max; mean no of anterior maxillary teeth; - = primitive, + = derived state of left lung, trachea and vertebral scale-row. 



