. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. Skull of Platimis colubrinus. 1. Platurus laticaudatus. Coluber laticaudatua, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 31, pi. xvi. fig. 1 (1754), and 8. N. i. p. 383 (1766). Laticauda scutata, Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 109 (1768). Platurus fasciatus, part., Baud. Rept. vii. p. 226 (1803); Hum. S/- Bibr. vii. p. 1321 (1854); Fischer, Abh. Naturw. Hamb. iii. 1856, p. 28. Hydrophis colubrinus, part., SeJileg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 514 (1887). Platurus laticaudatus, Girard, Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 180 (1858); Peters, Mon. Bert Ac. 1877,
. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. Skull of Platimis colubrinus. 1. Platurus laticaudatus. Coluber laticaudatua, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 31, pi. xvi. fig. 1 (1754), and 8. N. i. p. 383 (1766). Laticauda scutata, Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 109 (1768). Platurus fasciatus, part., Baud. Rept. vii. p. 226 (1803); Hum. S/- Bibr. vii. p. 1321 (1854); Fischer, Abh. Naturw. Hamb. iii. 1856, p. 28. Hydrophis colubrinus, part., SeJileg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 514 (1887). Platurus laticaudatus, Girard, Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 180 (1858); Peters, Mon. Bert Ac. 1877, p. 417; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 395, fig. (1890). laticaudatus, var. A, GiXnth. Cat. p. 272 (1858). fischeri, Jan, Rev. 8f Mag. Zool. 1859, p. 149, and Prodr. pi. D (1859); Omth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 356, pi. xxv. fig A (1864); Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 189; Jan, Icon. Oin. 40, pi. i. fig. 2 (1872); Fayrer, Thanatoph. Ind. pi. xix. (1874). affinis, Anders. I. c. p. 190. Rostral deeper than broad; no azygous shield on the snout; frontal not longer than theparietals; one prae- and two postoculars ; seven or eight upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; x2. 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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