. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 104 COLUBRIDiE. ventrals -u-ith a siiture-like lateral keel, and a notcli on each side corresponding to the keel. Tail long ; subcuudals in two rows. West Africa. 1. Hapsidophrys lineata. Hapsidophrys lineatus, Fischer, Ab/i. natttno. Ver. Ilamh. iii. 1856, p. in, pi ii. lig. 5: Giinth. Cat. p. 144 (18o8); Jan, Icon. Gen. 83, pi. i. %. -' (18139); Mocquard, Bull. tSoc. Fhilum. (7) xi. 1887, p. 7tj. Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals as long as the praefrontals ; frontal once and a half
. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 104 COLUBRIDiE. ventrals -u-ith a siiture-like lateral keel, and a notcli on each side corresponding to the keel. Tail long ; subcuudals in two rows. West Africa. 1. Hapsidophrys lineata. Hapsidophrys lineatus, Fischer, Ab/i. natttno. Ver. Ilamh. iii. 1856, p. in, pi ii. lig. 5: Giinth. Cat. p. 144 (18o8); Jan, Icon. Gen. 83, pi. i. %. -' (18139); Mocquard, Bull. tSoc. Fhilum. (7) xi. 1887, p. 7tj. Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals as long as the praefrontals ; frontal once and a half to once and two thirds as long as broad, as long as or a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals; loreal at least twice as long as deep ; one prteocular (rarely two), not touching the frontal; two postoculars; temporals 2-\-2 (rarely 1 + 2); eight or nine upper labials, fourth and fifth or fifth and sixth entering the eye; four to six lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- shields, which are as long as or a little shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows, striated and keeled, the outer row without or with a very faint keel. Ventrals 158-170; anal entire; subcaudals 95-158. Upper parts striated black and green, each scale green in the middle and black on the sides; upper lip and lower parts pale green or yellowish green. Total length 1100 millim.; tail 340. West Africa. a. 2 (V. 170; C. 95). h-c. 2 (V. 167; C. 115) & yg. (V. 167 ; C. 121). d. 6 (V. 1G7 ; C. 117). e. $ (V. 165; ). f. Skeleton. Coast of Guinea. Ancobra Kiver, Gold Coast. Ancobra River. Oil River. W. Africa. Major Burton and Capt. Cameron [P.]. Capt. Torry [P.]. H. H. Johnston, Esq. [P.]. 70. THRASOPS. Thrasops, Halloui. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1857, p. 67. Thrasops, part., Ctq^e, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 556. Maxillary teeth 20 to 22, the three or four last longest and Fig. Maxillary and mandible of ThrasojK flavigtdaris. separated from the rest by
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