. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CROCODILIAMS, LIZARDS, AND SNAKES. 741 district. It is represented by only one species, which is detiued as follows: Dorsal scales iu 19 rows; superior labials, 7; two postoculars; tail from oiMvlil'tli to total h'ugth. Bluish-black, with subquadrate red spots on the sides; belly red, with bluish-black sjtots F. alxdura. FARANCIA ABACURA Holbrook. Farancia abacura Baikd and Gikard, Cat. N. Auier. Eept., 1853, p. 123.—Boti-
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CROCODILIAMS, LIZARDS, AND SNAKES. 741 district. It is represented by only one species, which is detiued as follows: Dorsal scales iu 19 rows; superior labials, 7; two postoculars; tail from oiMvlil'tli to total h'ugth. Bluish-black, with subquadrate red spots on the sides; belly red, with bluish-black sjtots F. alxdura. FARANCIA ABACURA Holbrook. Farancia abacura Baikd and Gikard, Cat. N. Auier. Eept., 1853, p. 123.—Boti- , Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., II, 1894, p. 291. Cohiber ahacitnis Holhkook, N. Amer. Herpt., I, 1836, p. 119, jil. xxiii. Homalopsis relnwardtii Schlegel, Ess. Phys. Serp. Part, descr., 1837, p. 357. Hydrops reinwardtii Gi:ay, Zool. Misc., 1842, p. 67. Hi/drojys abacurua Dumekil and BiBUON, Erp. Gen., pi. 65. HeUcops abacm-us Holbrook, N. Amer. Herpt., 2d ed., Ill, 1842, p. Ill, jA. xxvi. Farancia drummondi Gray, Zool. Misc., 1842, p. 68. Farancia fasciata Gray, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., 1849, p. 74. Calopiama abacurum Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. G<^n., VII, 1854, pi. Fig. 154. Farancia abacura Holbrook. X .75. Vertical plate subhexagonal, elongated, sides nearly parallel, pointed posteriorly. Occipitals elongated, angular, posteriorly tapering. Post- froutals subaugular, entering in the orbit. Prefrontal angular, well developed. Rostral much broader than high, concave beneath. ISTostril in the middle of the nasal plate, visible from above. Loreal elongated, horizontal, forming, together with the postfrontal, the anterior part of the orbit. Eyes circular. Superciliaries subangular, elongated, well developed. Two angular postorbitals, upper one largest, lower one resting on the commissure between the fourth and fifth labials. One. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appear
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