. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figs. 366-368.—Trimeresurus elegans. nat. size. 366, top of head; 367, side of head; 368, UNDERSIDE OF^HEAD. NO. C 40, HiGH SrllOOL, KUMAMOTO. including the long, narrow crescentic subocular which reaches the sub- foveal, and is separated from fourth supralabial by two rows of scales; upper temporals weakly keeled, lower ones smooth, those bordering the supralabials larger than the latter; 7 supralabials, first small; sec- ond forming the anterior border of the pit, third largest, fourth long, but perceptibly lower than third, and not much h
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figs. 366-368.—Trimeresurus elegans. nat. size. 366, top of head; 367, side of head; 368, UNDERSIDE OF^HEAD. NO. C 40, HiGH SrllOOL, KUMAMOTO. including the long, narrow crescentic subocular which reaches the sub- foveal, and is separated from fourth supralabial by two rows of scales; upper temporals weakly keeled, lower ones smooth, those bordering the supralabials larger than the latter; 7 supralabials, first small; sec- ond forming the anterior border of the pit, third largest, fourth long, but perceptibly lower than third, and not much higher than those fol- lowing ; three lower labials in contact with anterior chin-shields, which are larger than the posterior ones; scales pointed, in 23 rows, all strongly keeled, except outer row which is smooth; 188 ventrals; anal entire; 72 pairs of subcaudals. Color (in alcohol) pale brownish gray above; a series of darker brownish blotches, with paler centers, along the mid- dle of the back, the respective halves of each blotch on each side of the median line not always fitting together, but sometimes even com- pletely alternating and thus forming in places an interrupted zigzag band; tip of tail uniform light-colored (yellow?); on the sides obscure traces of a dark spot below each dorsal Idotch; a somewhat ill-defined. 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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