. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 63. HERPETODETAS. 71 1. GonyopMs margaritatus. Gonyosoma margaritatum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 578, a Ann. Mas. Genova, iii. 1872, p. 39, pi. v. fig. 3. Gonyopbis margaritatus, Boulenq. Ann. $f Mag. N. H. (6) viii. 1891, p. 290; Werner, Verh. Ges. Wie7i, 1893, p. 357. Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals as long as broad, shorter than the prgefrontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; lo
. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 63. HERPETODETAS. 71 1. GonyopMs margaritatus. Gonyosoma margaritatum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 578, a Ann. Mas. Genova, iii. 1872, p. 39, pi. v. fig. 3. Gonyopbis margaritatus, Boulenq. Ann. $f Mag. N. H. (6) viii. 1891, p. 290; Werner, Verh. Ges. Wie7i, 1893, p. 357. Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals as long as broad, shorter than the prgefrontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one praeocular, not in contact with the frontal, or just touching ; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2; nine upper labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth, or fifth and sixth, entering the eye; four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, feebly keeled. Veutrals 230-241; anal divided ; subcaudals 108-120. Black above, each scale with a yellowish- green spot, or green with black borders to the scales; hinder part of body and tail with bright orange rings; lower parts yellowish, the shields with or without a black edge ; a black streak on each side of the head behind the eye, and another along the suture between the parietals. Total length 1530 millim.; tail 370. Borneo, Singapore. a. Yg. (V. 283; C. 108). Mt. Dulit, Borneo. 0. Hose, Esq. [0.]. 63. HERPETODRYAS. Chironius, part., Fitz. N. Class. Rept. p. 31 (1826). Erpetodryas,'i?o?V, in Ferussac, Bull. Sc. Nat. ix. 1826, p. 235, and Isis, 1827, p. 521. Herpetodrvas, Wa(/l. Si/st. Ainjih. p. 180 (1830); Cope, Pi'oe. Ac. Philad. i860, p. 562 ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 732 (1890). Macrops, Wagl. I. c. p. 182. Herpetodryas, part., Schleq. Phjs. Serp. ii. p. 173 (1837) ; Dutn. Sr Bibr. Frp. Gen. vii. p. 203 (1854) ; Gmith. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 113 (1858). Dendrophis, part., Dum. Sf Bibr. t. c. p. 193. Phyllosira, Co2)e, Proc. Ac. Phi
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