. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 170 COLITBEIDJE. Pig. âA Skull of Tropidonotiis matrix. Series A. AGLYPHA. Divided into three subfamilies:â 1. AcroehordincB.âThe postfrontal bone produced over the supra- orbital region. Scales not or but slightly imbricate. 2. ColuhrincB.âPostfrontal bone not produced over the supra- orbital region. Scales usually imbricate. Teeth on the entire length of the maxillary and dentary bones. ./ /'â 3. Mhachiodontince.âTeeth rudimentary; maxillary and dentary bones edentulous anteriorly, -r -i ( '' Beyond these th
. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 170 COLITBEIDJE. Pig. âA Skull of Tropidonotiis matrix. Series A. AGLYPHA. Divided into three subfamilies:â 1. AcroehordincB.âThe postfrontal bone produced over the supra- orbital region. Scales not or but slightly imbricate. 2. ColuhrincB.âPostfrontal bone not produced over the supra- orbital region. Scales usually imbricate. Teeth on the entire length of the maxillary and dentary bones. ./ /'â 3. Mhachiodontince.âTeeth rudimentary; maxillary and dentary bones edentulous anteriorly, -r -i ( '' Beyond these three subfamilies I am unable to divide the Agly- phous Coluhridoe into groups (higher than genera) that may be regarded as natural and capable of definition. I have, however, arranged the genera of Oolubrince in two series according to the presence or absence of hypapophyses or haemal processes on the posterior dorsal vertebrae. This point (see fig. 12) is easily. ascertained by making an incision along the beUy in the posterior fifth of the body, pushing aside the viscera, and disarticulating the n7. 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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