. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 464 TlPUMBiE. Fig. 33, -prf f pif p rJ'°,sU. Skull of Vvpera lehetina. Dmded into two subfamilies :— 1. Yiperinm.—No pit on the side of snout; maxillary not hollowed out above. 2. Crotalince.—A deep pit on each side of the snout, between the nostril and the eye ; maxillary hoUowed out above. Subfam. 1. VIPEBIN^. Viperoidea, part., Fitzinyer, Neue Classif. Sept. p. 11,1826. ViperidsB, part., Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 611. Viperina, Bonaparte, Mem. Ace. Tor. (2) ii. p. 393,1840. ViperidsB, part., Gray, Zool. Miscell.
. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 464 TlPUMBiE. Fig. 33, -prf f pif p rJ'°,sU. Skull of Vvpera lehetina. Dmded into two subfamilies :— 1. Yiperinm.—No pit on the side of snout; maxillary not hollowed out above. 2. Crotalince.—A deep pit on each side of the snout, between the nostril and the eye ; maxillary hoUowed out above. Subfam. 1. VIPEBIN^. Viperoidea, part., Fitzinyer, Neue Classif. Sept. p. 11,1826. ViperidsB, part., Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 611. Viperina, Bonaparte, Mem. Ace. Tor. (2) ii. p. 393,1840. ViperidsB, part., Gray, Zool. Miscell. p. 68, 1842, and Cat. Sn. p. 22, 1849. Vip^riens, DumSril, M4m. Ac. So. xxiii. p. 528, 1853; SumSril Sf Bihron, E)p. G4n. vii. p. 1376,1864. AtractaspididsB, Ounther, Cat. Col. Sn. p. 239, 1858. Viperinse, Causinse, Atractaspidinse, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1859, p. 334. Viperidse, CHinther, Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 395, 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
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