. Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History, under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews : preliminary contributions in geology, palaeontology, and zoology. Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930); Scientific expeditions; Natural history; Scientific expeditions; Natural history. Fig. 3. Pseudoxenodon striaticaudatus, new subspecies. Dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of head of type, twice natural size. Pseudoxenodon striaticaudatus, new species Figures 3 and 4 Type.—A. M. N. H. No. 33759, 9 ; Ch'ungan Hsien, northwest Fukien Province, China; June-July, 1925; CUfTor
. Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History, under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews : preliminary contributions in geology, palaeontology, and zoology. Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930); Scientific expeditions; Natural history; Scientific expeditions; Natural history. Fig. 3. Pseudoxenodon striaticaudatus, new subspecies. Dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of head of type, twice natural size. Pseudoxenodon striaticaudatus, new species Figures 3 and 4 Type.—A. M. N. H. No. 33759, 9 ; Ch'ungan Hsien, northwest Fukien Province, China; June-July, 1925; CUfTord H. Pope. Diagnosis.—A Pseudoxenodon differing from its ally, dorsalis, in having a higher; ventral and subcaudal count, and in lacking all traces of yellow or red in its coloration. Description of Type.—Rostral much broader than deep, just visible from above, internasals slightly shorter than prefrontals; frontal longer than broad, as long as its distance from rostral, shorter than parietals which are twice as broad in front as be- hind. Loreal deeper than long; preoculars 1-1; postoculars 3-3; both anterior and posterior temporals 2-2. Upper labials 8-8,,fourth and fifth entering eye; lower labials 9-10, four in contact with anterior chin-shields on one side, five on the other. The maximum number of scale-rows is 19, the minimum 15, the reduction to 17 taking place opposite the nineteenth ventral plate, that to 15 on either side of the seventy-first; at midbody, all but three rows on either side feebly keeled. Ventrals 148; anal divided; suboculars 55. Total length, 776 mm.; tail, of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930); Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960; Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930. [New York : American Museum of Natural History
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