. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE HERPETOLOGY OF HISPANIOLA 367 LEIMADOPHIS PARVIFRONS TORTUGANUS Dunn Figures 107, 113, 1156 1920. Leimadophis tortuganus Dunn, Proc. New England Zool. Club, vol. 7, p. 4U.— Cochran, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 66, art. 6, p. 15, 1924. 1929. Leimadophis parvifrons Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, vol. 4, p. 167. 1930. Dromicus tortuganus Barbour, Zoologica, vol. 11, No. 4, p. 114; vol. 19, No. 3, p. 139, 1935; Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 82, No. 2, p. 161, 1937. 1934. Dromicus parvifrons tortuganus Cochran, Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.,
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE HERPETOLOGY OF HISPANIOLA 367 LEIMADOPHIS PARVIFRONS TORTUGANUS Dunn Figures 107, 113, 1156 1920. Leimadophis tortuganus Dunn, Proc. New England Zool. Club, vol. 7, p. 4U.— Cochran, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 66, art. 6, p. 15, 1924. 1929. Leimadophis parvifrons Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, vol. 4, p. 167. 1930. Dromicus tortuganus Barbour, Zoologica, vol. 11, No. 4, p. 114; vol. 19, No. 3, p. 139, 1935; Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 82, No. 2, p. 161, 1937. 1934. Dromicus parvifrons tortuganus Cochran, Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 8, p. 188. Description.—Adult female; No. 59921; Tortue Island; June 21, 1917; W. L. Abbott, collector. Rostral broader than high, visible from above; internasal suture a little shorter than prefrontal suture; frontal considerably longer than its distance from end of snout, a little shorter than the parietals, separated from the preocular; supraocular slightly narrower than frontal; nasal divided, longer than. a c Figure 113.—Leimadophis parvifrons tortuganus: a, Top of head; b, side of head; c, chin. No. 59921, from lie Tortue, Haiti. One and one-half times natural size. its distance from the eye; loreal small, a little higher than broad; one large preocular and two postoculars, the upper the larger; one large anterior temporal followed by two smaller ones; eight upper labials, the second in contact with posterior nasal, with loreal and barely with preocular; the third labial very narrowly and the fourth and fifth labials broadly in contact with the eye; ten lower labials, five in con- tact with the anterior chin shields and two in contact with the posterior chin shields, which are much longer than the anterior ones; scales smooth, without pores, in 19 rows; ventrals 168; anal divided; caudals 122 (tail defective). Head and body, 433 mm.; tail, 268 mm. + tip. Color (in alcohol): Top of head and back dark olive-brown, be- coming lighter and bluish o
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