. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figs. C77-278.—Elaphe climacophora. 2 X nat. size. 277, top of head; 278, side of head. No. 30551. keeled, but outer two rows, at least, perfectly smooth; 228 ventrals; anal divided; 111 pairs of subcaudals; the ventrals angularly bent laterally. Color (in alcohol) dark umber browai above w^ith four somewhat obscure darker longitudinal bands, the lower ones occupying four scale rows, viz, second to fifth, the upper ones tliree rows, viz, eighth, ninth, and tenth; head uniform, with a blackish oblique band from eye backward to the ed
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figs. C77-278.—Elaphe climacophora. 2 X nat. size. 277, top of head; 278, side of head. No. 30551. keeled, but outer two rows, at least, perfectly smooth; 228 ventrals; anal divided; 111 pairs of subcaudals; the ventrals angularly bent laterally. Color (in alcohol) dark umber browai above w^ith four somewhat obscure darker longitudinal bands, the lower ones occupying four scale rows, viz, second to fifth, the upper ones tliree rows, viz, eighth, ninth, and tenth; head uniform, with a blackish oblique band from eye backward to the edge of the lip crossing and occupying the whole of the last supralabial; other supralabials pale, lower labials and throat whitish; rest of underside bluish slate gray, the ventrals pale-edged behind and with the lateral angle marked by a narrow longitudinal line. Dimensions. mm. Total lengtli 1, 365 . Snout to vent 1, 040 Vent to tip of tail 325. 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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