. Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History, under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews : preliminary contributions in geology, palaeontology, and zoology. Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930); Scientific expeditions; Natural history; Scientific expeditions; Natural history. Fig. 16. Elaphe porphyracea pulchra, new subspecies. Dorsal and lateral views of head of type, X Total length 583 mm., tail 103 mm., .18 of the total. Notes on Paratypes.—The three paratypes are female specimens, all from Yunnanfu, A. M. N. H. Nos. 17396, 22704, 22705. Their ventrals ar
. Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History, under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews : preliminary contributions in geology, palaeontology, and zoology. Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930); Scientific expeditions; Natural history; Scientific expeditions; Natural history. Fig. 16. Elaphe porphyracea pulchra, new subspecies. Dorsal and lateral views of head of type, X Total length 583 mm., tail 103 mm., .18 of the total. Notes on Paratypes.—The three paratypes are female specimens, all from Yunnanfu, A. M. N. H. Nos. 17396, 22704, 22705. Their ventrals are 181, 185, 185, subcaudals 56, 55, 51. Two have eight upper labials, the other seven. One has nine lower labials, one 9-10, and one 10-10. No other variation in head shields. In coloration the two adults agree closely with the type, with 12+3 and 13+3 crossbands. No. 17396, measuring 302 mm., has solid black crossbands, the last two exactly alternate, stopping at the vertebral line; the dorsolateral Unes begin between the 7th and 8th crossbands; there are small black spots just halfway between the crossbands, on the second scale row. The tail length in the three specimens is .16 of the total once and .17 twice. Elaphe rufodorsata (Cantor) Thirty-five specimens of this species collected by Clifford H. Pope in Anhwei; A. M. N. H. Nos. 23539, 24631-24639, 24641,-24653, Wunu, September-October, 1921; 24501-24503, 24532, 24550, 24559-24561, 24563-24566, Ningkwo, September-October, 1921. It is remarkable that this entire series fails to show a deviation from the dorsal scale formula 21-19-17. The preoculars and postoculars are. 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 Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930); Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960; Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930. [New York : American Museum
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