Coluber radiatus and C. melanmus ■ — Bergman 
kidney seems to be rather long in this female — 
55 mm. — whereas one would expect it to be 
about 93 %o of the body length, or about 36 
mm. If the kidney had really been so much 
longer than usual, I would certainly have added 
a memorandum to that effect. If we accept the 
smaller figure (36 mm.) for the end of the kid- 
ney as the correct one, because we find it to 
correspond with the expected value, this cor- 
rection would place the top at 331 mm. from 
153 
the snout instead of at 313, as was recorded. 
This is probably to be explained as a simple 
transposition of the figures. Unfortunately the 
material is no longer available and cannot be 
checked. 
LENGTH OF THE ORGANS: The only difference 
found between the sexes is the length of the 
kidneys, and as explained, this is probably a 
mistake. If we accept the rectification, the length 
of both kidneys in the female is 64 mm. or, in 
TABLE 14 
Coluber melanmus 
TOPOGRAPHY 
MALES 
FEMALES 
Absolute values 
°/oo 
Absolute 
value 
°/oo 
2110 
5795 
3021 
M 
5210 
Body 
400 
429 
481 
437 
1000 
387 
1000 
Tail 
97 
95 
129 
107 
230 
92 
238 
Heart, top 
97 
91 
113 
100 
230 
99 
256 
end 
112 
115 
126 
117 
270 
108 
256 
length 
15 
24 
13 
17 
40 
9 
23 
Liver, top 
134 
145 
161 
147 
336 
B5 
349 
end 
205 
216 
251 
224 
513 
205 
530 
length 
71 
71 
90 
77 
177 
70 
181 
Gallbladder, top 
251 
268 
305 
272 
629 
241 
623 
end 
262 
278 
311 
283 
650 
249 
638 
length 
11 
10 
6 
9 
21 
8 
21 
Pancreas, top 
260 
272 
310 
281 
643 
247 
638 
end 
268 
279 
318 
288 
661 
253 
654 
length..... 
8 
7 
8 
7 
18 
6 
16 
Spleen, top 
258 
271 
308 
279 
639 
— 
— 
end 
260 
273 
311 
281 
643 
— 
— 
length 
2 
2 
3 
2 
5 
— 
— 
Testes R, top 
296 
314 
355 
322 
736 
281 
726 
end 
311 
327 
371 
336 
769 
295 
762 
length 
15 
13 
16 
14 
34 
14 
36 
Testes L, top 
324 
344 
391 
353 
809 
— 
— 
end 
338 
357 
402 
366 
838 
— 
— 
length 
14 
13 
11 
13 
29 
— 
— 
both 
29 
26 
27 
27 
63 
— 
— 
Kidney R, top 
335 
369 
410 
371 
851 
[313] 
[810] 
end 
370 
408 
458 
412 
944 
368 
951 
length 
35 
39 
48 
41 
93 
[55] 
[141] 
Kidney L, top 
358 
385 
428 
390 
895 
349 
903 
end........ 
386 
415 
465 
422 
966 
375 
970 
length 
28 
30 
37 
32 
72 
26 
67 
both 
63 
69 
85 
72 
165 
81 
208 
Weight 
12 
14 
24 
17 
38 
22 
57 
Lung, top 
108 
107 
276 
opening 
— 
— 
— 
trachea 
— 
Ill 
287 
trabecula. 
154 
147 
380 
end 
— - 
347 
896 
