. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. 292 Gemot Vogel & Patrick David. Fig. 5. Ventral view of Lycodon fasciatus. CIB 9804, from Ruili City, Yunnan. Note he whitish colouration of the anterior part and te speckling of the posterior part. Photograph by Ger- not Vogel. Dentition. A total of 10 maxillary teeth, with the follow- ing formula: 4 small anterior teeth + 2 strongly enlarged teeth + a wide gap + 2 small teeth + a small gap + 2 strong- ly enlarged, posterior teeth. Body sedation. 201 VEN (+ 2 preventrals), 68 SC, all paired. Anal single. Dorsal scales in 17-17-15 rows, the 7 upper row
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. 292 Gemot Vogel & Patrick David. Fig. 5. Ventral view of Lycodon fasciatus. CIB 9804, from Ruili City, Yunnan. Note he whitish colouration of the anterior part and te speckling of the posterior part. Photograph by Ger- not Vogel. Dentition. A total of 10 maxillary teeth, with the follow- ing formula: 4 small anterior teeth + 2 strongly enlarged teeth + a wide gap + 2 small teeth + a small gap + 2 strong- ly enlarged, posterior teeth. Body sedation. 201 VEN (+ 2 preventrals), 68 SC, all paired. Anal single. Dorsal scales in 17-17-15 rows, the 7 upper rows feebly keeled. Vertebral row not enlarged. No apical pit detected. Head scalation. Rostral, triangular, hardly visible from above; nasal vertically divided by a furrow below and above the nostril; two small, trapezoidal internasals, wide- ly in contact each with the other and with prefrontals; two large prefrontals, longer and wider than internasals; a rather small ogive-shaped frontal, about times longer than wide and about time as long as the suture between the parietals; 2 large parietals, each edged with three large scales, 2 upper temporals and a larger paraparietal poste- riorly; 1 / 1 wide, triangular supraocular; 1 / 1 small pre- ocular, located above the posterior part of loreal; 2/2 pos- toculars, about the same size; 1 / 1 subrectangular loreal, elongateand narrow, not entering orbit, in contact with SL 2 and 3, the large preocular, the prefrontal (long contact) and the posterior part of nasal; 8/8 SL, of which the first four are higher than long, SL 1-2 in contact with nasal, SL 3-5 entering orbit, 6th and 7th SL largest; 2+2 / 2+2 temporals, lower anterior temporal a bit broader than up- per one, posterior temporals smaller; 8/8 infralabials, IL 1—4 in contact with the first pair of sublinguals; anterior and posterior pair of sublinguals of about same length, but anterior pair wider. Coloration in preservation. Body and tail dark blackish- brown, with 3
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