. The snakes of the Philippine Islands. Snakes. 284 SNAKES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS c\ Green or bluish above with or without a series of brown spots; a lateral whitish yellow line; ventrals, 170 to 187; tail light colored T. flavomaculatus (Gray) (p. 288). c\ Above green, a yellow line below eye; a lateral yellow stripe; tail colored like rest of body; ventrals, 145 to 170. T. gramineus (Shaw) (p. 290). b". Supraocular large. Ventrals, 187 to 203; subcaudals, 66 to 82; tail light color .-- T. schultzei Griffin (p. 292). a'. Upper head scales keeled; gular scales keeled; body scales keele
. The snakes of the Philippine Islands. Snakes. 284 SNAKES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS c\ Green or bluish above with or without a series of brown spots; a lateral whitish yellow line; ventrals, 170 to 187; tail light colored T. flavomaculatus (Gray) (p. 288). c\ Above green, a yellow line below eye; a lateral yellow stripe; tail colored like rest of body; ventrals, 145 to 170. T. gramineus (Shaw) (p. 290). b". Supraocular large. Ventrals, 187 to 203; subcaudals, 66 to 82; tail light color .-- T. schultzei Griffin (p. 292). a'. Upper head scales keeled; gular scales keeled; body scales keeled. 6'. Scale rows, 21 to ; 10 to 15 scale rows between supraoculars. T. wagleri (Boie) (p. 296). b-. Scale rows, 19; 7 scales between supraoculars. T, pliilippensis Gray (p. 295). TRIMERESURUS MCGREGORI Taylor Trhneresurus vicgrego)i Taylor, Philip. Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 110. Description of species.— (From the type. No. 748, Bureau of Science collection; collected on Batan Island, Batanes, lying between Luzon and Formosa, June 12, 1907, by Richard C. McGregor.) Rostral a little wider than high, slightly nar- rower at top, visible above as a narrow line, bordered behind by a rectangular scale, distinctly enlarged, which separates the 2 much-enlarged supranasals; lat- ter not or barely in contact with rostral, separated from anterior supraocular by 3 (4 on right side) scales: 2 enlarged supra- oculars, followed by 1 or 2 small scales above eye; nasal single, large, triangular, visible above as a narrow line, the nostril, which is vertically oval, pierced near lower border; canthus ros- tralis sharp, formed by edge of nasal, the narrow elongate loreal following nasal and superior pre- ocular; facial pit surrounded by second labial, which forms an- terior border of pit, and by , . , middle and lower preoculars, which are much elongated; 3 preoculars; a narrow elongate subocular, as long as orbit; 2 or 3 postoculars; 10 supralabials,. Please note that these images are extracted
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