. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Natural history; Science. Fig. 12. Dorsal and ventral views of head of Calamelaps niangaro', new species, (12455, type, X 2). Calamelaps niangarse, new species A smaller specimen of Calamelaps in the collection, A. M. N. H. No. 12453, taken at Niangara, November 1910, was at first identified with C. fex Boulenger, from the Rio Cassine in Portuguese Guinea. On closer examination it appears that the new specimen is almost exactly inter- mediate between C. unicolor and C. feae and, as comparison with the specimen of C. unicolor above described
. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Natural history; Science. Fig. 12. Dorsal and ventral views of head of Calamelaps niangaro', new species, (12455, type, X 2). Calamelaps niangarse, new species A smaller specimen of Calamelaps in the collection, A. M. N. H. No. 12453, taken at Niangara, November 1910, was at first identified with C. fex Boulenger, from the Rio Cassine in Portuguese Guinea. On closer examination it appears that the new specimen is almost exactly inter- mediate between C. unicolor and C. feae and, as comparison with the specimen of C. unicolor above described does not warrant the assumption that they are the same species, it seems best to describe the new form separately. Diagnostic Characters Habitus more slender than in Calamelaps unicolor with a smaller head, a more pointed snout and a much longer tail; the prefrontals longer than the internasals, but their suture shorter than that between the internasals; supraoculars very small; 6 upper labials, the fifth broadly in contact with the parietal. Ventral plates 182, subcaudals 34, dorsal scales in 17 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 Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921; American Museum of Natural History. New York : [American Museum of Natural History]
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