. Catalogue of the snakes in the ... Museum. 6G. CHLOROPHIS. 91 Total length 1050 millim.; tail 300. Philippines, Celebes. a. 2 (V. 167; C. 100). N. Mindanao. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. (Type of 2). phillppinensk.) b, c. ? (V. 172; C. ?) & Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. vg. (V. 182; C. 113). d.'2 (V. 179; C. 102). Manado. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 5. Dendrelaphis modestus. (Plate IV. fig. 4.) Eye as long as its distance from the nostril. Eostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; iuternasals as long as the prae- frontals ; frontal once and one third as long as broad, as long as its d
. Catalogue of the snakes in the ... Museum. 6G. CHLOROPHIS. 91 Total length 1050 millim.; tail 300. Philippines, Celebes. a. 2 (V. 167; C. 100). N. Mindanao. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. (Type of 2). phillppinensk.) b, c. ? (V. 172; C. ?) & Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. vg. (V. 182; C. 113). d.'2 (V. 179; C. 102). Manado. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 5. Dendrelaphis modestus. (Plate IV. fig. 4.) Eye as long as its distance from the nostril. Eostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; iuternasals as long as the prae- frontals ; frontal once and one third as long as broad, as long as its distance from the rostral or the end of the snout, shorter than the pai'ietals ; loreal elongate ; one prae- and two postoculars ; temiiorals 2 + 2; nine upper labials, fifth and sixth entering the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows. Yentrals 191-193 ; anal divided; subcaudals 111. Olive above, scales black-edged; a rather indistinct dark streak on each side of the head, passing through the eye ; upper lip and lower surface of head yellow ; pale green beneath, the posterior ventrals and the subcaudals margined with blackish. Total length 1120 millim. ; tail 315. Tern ate. a-b. 2 (V. 193, 191; C. 114, ?). Ternate. ' ChaUenger.' 66. CHLOROPHIS *. Philothamnus, part., Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. (1840) ; Peters, ReUe n. Mossamb. iii. p. 128 (18^2); Bocaye, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. ix. 1882, p. 1. Leptopbis, part., Dum. Sf- Bihr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 528 (1854) ; Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 84 (l8t)3). Chlorophis, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1857, p, 52 ; Cope, Proc. Ac. Philud. 1860, p. 559 ; Thaib. Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 49 (1863). AhfetuUa, part., Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 151 (1858), and Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. (3) xi. 18(13, p. 283. Herpetsethiops, Giinth. Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. (3) xviii. 1866, p. 27. Fig. Maxillary and mandible of Chlorophis natalensis. * A snake figured, but not described, by
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