. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 177. DISPHOIIBTTS. 187 forked ectopterygoid; teeth small, 7 or 8, followed by three very large grooved fangs situated below the eye; mandibular teeth subequal. Head distinct from neck, with distinct oanthus rostralis; eye very large, with round pupil; nasal entire. Body sUghtly compressed; scaJes very narrow, oblique, more or less strongly keeled, with apical pits, in 19 or 21 rows; ventrals rounded or obtusely angulate laterally. Tail long; subcaudals in two rows. Tropical and South Africa. Fig. Skull of Disp
. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 177. DISPHOIIBTTS. 187 forked ectopterygoid; teeth small, 7 or 8, followed by three very large grooved fangs situated below the eye; mandibular teeth subequal. Head distinct from neck, with distinct oanthus rostralis; eye very large, with round pupil; nasal entire. Body sUghtly compressed; scaJes very narrow, oblique, more or less strongly keeled, with apical pits, in 19 or 21 rows; ventrals rounded or obtusely angulate laterally. Tail long; subcaudals in two rows. Tropical and South Africa. Fig. Skull of DisphoUdus typiis. 1. Dispholidus typus. Bucephalus typus, Smith, Zool. Journ. iv. 1829, p. 441; Hum. ^ Sihr. vii. p. 877 (1854); Jan, Icon. Oen. 32, pi. iv. (1869); Peters, Seise re. Mossamb. iii. p. (1882). jardinii, Smith, I. c. p. 442. gutturalis, Smith, I. c. bellii, Smith, I. c. Dispholidus lalandii, Buvernoy, Ann. So. Nat. xxvi. 1832, p. 150, and XXX. 1833, p. 24, pi. iii. Dendrophis colubrina, Schleg. PTiys. Serp. ii. p. 238, pi. ix. figs. 14-16 (1837). Bucephalus capensis. Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Sept. pis. (1841); Gunth. Cat. p. 143 (1868) : BoeUg. Abh. Senck. Ges. xii. 1881, p. 397. vindis. Smith, I. c. pi. iii. Dendrophis pseudodipsaa, Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mosamb. p. 40, pi. iv. fig. 2 (1849).. 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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