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13b. Scale rows at midbody 18-19; internasals separated by 1 or 2 scales, never in contaet; 3rd 
upper labial usually in contaet with subocular or rarely separated by only 1 seale; scales on 
snout along a straight line from rostral to level of supraoeulars (cJ) 4-5, ($) 5; scales on dor¬ 
sum of head on line between supraoeulars 6-8; eolor green-turquoise background color in 
males, green in females; postocular stripe in blaek, rarely white, in both females and males; 
ventrals (cJ) 131-135, ($) 129; subeaudals (M) 45-46, ($) 44 (Leyte, Mindanao, Samar).. . . 
. Tropidolaemus philippensis 
14a. Tail not distinetly differentiated from body by eolor; hemipenes without spines.15 
14b. Tail distinetly differentiated from body by eolor; hemipenes spinose (Balabac, Palawan). . . . 
. Trimeresurus {Parias) schultzei (Fig. 13) 
15a. Dorsal color lacks dark pigments exeept for a seattering of dark dorsal blotches; yellow in life 
(white in alcohol) (Batan Island). Trimeresurus {Parias) mcgregori (Fig. 14) 
15b. Dorsal color with dark pigments present, usually blue green, green or dark blue gray (Camigu- 
in, Jolo, Luzon, Mindanao, Siquijor). Trimeresurus {Parias) flavomaculatus (Fig. 15) 
Figures 15A-B. Variation in color pattern in Trimeresurus {Parias) flavomaculatus. 
Photos by Rafe Brown. 
Figure 13. Trimeresurus {Parias) schultzei. 
Photo by Rafe Brown. 
Figure 14. Trimeresurus {Parias) mcgregori. 
Photo by Rafe Brown. 
