Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . h brown above,with more or less numerous irregularly scattered yellowish spots. Total length 860 milUm.; tail 65. West Africa, from Liberia to the Congo. a. Ad. (V. 223 ; C. 20). Old Calabar. (Typo of C. fusca.) b-c. Ad. (V. 227, 224; Cameroous. Rev. J. IiDnockC. 25, 25). [C.]. d. Ad. (V. 230; C. 24). Cameroons. e. Ilgr. (V. 224 ; C. 24). Fernando Po. Zoolog. Ad. (V. 233 ; C. 23). Gaboon. Dr. J. G. Ad. (V. 221 ; C. 21). W. Africa. EPICKATES. 93 Sul)fam. 2. BOINJE. ]k)iiia, JM-yxiiia, Grm/, Zool. MiscelL
Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . h brown above,with more or less numerous irregularly scattered yellowish spots. Total length 860 milUm.; tail 65. West Africa, from Liberia to the Congo. a. Ad. (V. 223 ; C. 20). Old Calabar. (Typo of C. fusca.) b-c. Ad. (V. 227, 224; Cameroous. Rev. J. IiDnockC. 25, 25). [C.]. d. Ad. (V. 230; C. 24). Cameroons. e. Ilgr. (V. 224 ; C. 24). Fernando Po. Zoolog. Ad. (V. 233 ; C. 23). Gaboon. Dr. J. G. Ad. (V. 221 ; C. 21). W. Africa. EPICKATES. 93 Sul)fam. 2. BOINJE. ]k)iiia, JM-yxiiia, Grm/, Zool. MiscelL pp. 41, 45, (p]rycides, IJoiuides), jDumiril Sf Bibro)/, Hrj/. (ran. vi. p. 450, , Ihvcina, Cliarinina, Gra;/, Cat. Snakes, pp. 83, 84, , IA-ycei, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 18(31, p. , part., iioajidfs, Jan, Inni. Ocn. Ophid. p. 64, , Boulen(jei, Faun. Ind., Ilcpt. p. 244, 1800. No supraorbital bone. The pricmaxillary is constantly toothless, the palatines aud ptery-goids toothed. 8. EPICRATES. Fis. Skull of Epicrates ecnchris. Draco {iron Law.), part., Oken, Lehrb. Natnnj. iii. p. 273 (181G). Epicrates, Wuyler, Syst. Amph. p. 168 (1830); Dum. S^- Bibr. vi. p. 552 (1844); Gray, Cat. Sn. p. 94 (18-J9); Fischer,Ahh. nat. Ver. Hamb. iii. 1856, p. 95 ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 88(1864); Bocourf, Miss. Sc. Mex., Kept. p. 525 (1882) Boa, ])art., Schlet/. Phys. Serj>. ii. p. 3/3 (1837). Chilabothrus, Dum. ^- Bibr. t. c. p. 562 ; Gray, I. c. p. 103 ; Jan, I. S(S; Bocourt, I. c. pp. 517, 524. Cliftia, Gray, I. c. p. 99. 94 1301DJ5, Epicarsius, Fischer, I. c. Plomalccliilus, Fischer, I. c. p. 100 ; Jan, I. c. p. So. Piesigaster, Seoane, Abh. Senck. Ges. xii. 1880, p. 217. Anterior maisillaiy and mandibular tcefch very long. Headdistinct from neck, covered with shields, which may be small andirregular or large and symmetrical; a pair of internasals and a pairof anterior prjxjfrontals constantly present; nostril
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