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18 POLYODONTOPHIS SUBPUNCTATUS. 



Each ventral with a pair of black dots. Reddish olive 

 above, pearly gray laterally, the two tints separated by a 

 distinct punctated line. Black, a series of vertebral dots and 

 edges of collar. Brown, upper parts of head. Yellow, a broad 

 collar and edges of vertebral dots. 



30 TROPIDONOTUS STOLATUS. 



Anterior ventrals with a pair of dots (sometimes wanting, 

 see Section >\). Black, numerous reticulated crossbars, 

 edges of head shields, anterior margins of sub-oculars, 

 sutures of fifth, sixth, and seventh upper labials. White or 

 yellow, two bright longitudinal lines and lateral ocelli, prae- 

 oculars, and post-oculars. 



39 Chrysopelea ornata. 



a. — Belly bright yellow, each ventral with a pair of lateral 

 black dots. Bright yellow. Black, broad bands on the head, 

 short dorsal transverse bands and lateral reticulations. 

 Crimson, a series of vertebral rosettes (adult). 



b. — Pearly gray. Black, numerous narrow bands reticu- 

 lated with yellow (half -grown). 



c. — Pearly gray, alternate bands of black and yellow 

 (young). 



Section C. 



Each scale on belly with a black central spot (no ventrals). 



8 Rhinophis trevelyanus. 



Blackish brown. Yellow, a series of triangular spots along 

 «ach side of the body. 



Section D. 



Belly strongly marked with square black spots. 



21 Oligodon templetonii. 



Brown. Blackish brown, a blotch on each side of neck, 

 indistinct ocular bands, eighteen narrow short transverse 

 bands. Light brown, a vertebral band. 



