. Breviora. BREVIORA No. 36 800 mm. (670 + 130 mm.) fide Smith, (762 mm. [635 + 127 mm.] /;V/f Wall). Ventrals213 (210). Caudals 62 (64). Near Mai, Jalpaiguri District. Formerly Bombay jMuseum, now British Museum (Natural History). 222 mm. (186 + mm.), Ventrals 208. Caudals 63. Bihar, Purnea. Indian Museum (Blanford).. Fig. 2. E. iref<trr))ia)inl. Oblique view of the head of the British Museum specimen to show the expansion lines between the lower labials at the angle of the mouth. Squamation of Head and Neck The most si<iiiificant integumentary similarities between Elach- istodon a
. Breviora. BREVIORA No. 36 800 mm. (670 + 130 mm.) fide Smith, (762 mm. [635 + 127 mm.] /;V/f Wall). Ventrals213 (210). Caudals 62 (64). Near Mai, Jalpaiguri District. Formerly Bombay jMuseum, now British Museum (Natural History). 222 mm. (186 + mm.), Ventrals 208. Caudals 63. Bihar, Purnea. Indian Museum (Blanford).. Fig. 2. E. iref<trr))ia)inl. Oblique view of the head of the British Museum specimen to show the expansion lines between the lower labials at the angle of the mouth. Squamation of Head and Neck The most si<iiiificant integumentary similarities between Elach- istodon and Dasypeltis are the structure and arrangement of the gular and cheek scales. This similarity Avas already pointed out by Reinhardt who, however, did not know the function of the parallel structures. The fact that in Dasypeltis these gular and cheek specializations have been definitely shown to be elaborate adaptations for egg-eating suggests that the possession of similar structures by ElacMstodon is correlated wuth similar habits. In both Elachistodon and Dasypeltis there are two pairs of sublinguals closely joined and lacking am^ evidence of the median groove that in most snakes provides for expansion. In Dasypeltis. 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 Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. , Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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