. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 434 COLUBEID^. 242. DENDEASPIS. Dendraspis, Schkg. Versl. Zool. Gen. Amsterd. 1848, p. — * ; Gunth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 238 (1858); A. Bum. Arch. Mus. x. 1859, p. 215; Cope, Proc. Ac. PhUad. 1859, p. 346; Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 120 (1863). Dinopliis, Sallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1852, p. 20S; Peters, Retse n. Mossamb. iii. p. 186 (1882). Drendroeoliis, Fischer, Mich. Progr. MarnJ), Realsch. 1855, p. 20. Maxillary bone curved upwards, with a strong posterior process directed backwards and outwards; a pair of large poi
. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 434 COLUBEID^. 242. DENDEASPIS. Dendraspis, Schkg. Versl. Zool. Gen. Amsterd. 1848, p. — * ; Gunth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 238 (1858); A. Bum. Arch. Mus. x. 1859, p. 215; Cope, Proc. Ac. PhUad. 1859, p. 346; Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 120 (1863). Dinopliis, Sallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1852, p. 20S; Peters, Retse n. Mossamb. iii. p. 186 (1882). Drendroeoliis, Fischer, Mich. Progr. MarnJ), Realsch. 1855, p. 20. Maxillary bone curved upwards, with a strong posterior process directed backwards and outwards; a pair of large poison-fangs, not fissured, not followed by other teeth; a large, fang-like anterior mandibular tooth, followed by a considerable toothless space. Head marrow, elongate ; eye moderate, with roimd pupil; nostril between two shields; no loreal. Body slightly compressed ; scales smooth, narrow, very oblique, without pits, in 13 to 23 rows; ventrals lounded. Tail long; subcaudals in two rows. Tropical and South Africa. Pig. Skull of Dendraspis viridis. * I have not been able to refer to this 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
Size: 1637px × 1526px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectserpents, bookyear189
