. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 56, XENELAPHIS. 7 Nostril between a nasal and the first labial. 117. Macrocalamus, II. p. 327. d. Maxillary teeth small, subequal; parietal in contact with labials ; eye small or very small. u. Nostril between two nasals. Loreal present, entering the eye. 113. Geophis, II. p. 314. No loreal; an azygous shield between the internasals. 118. Idiopholis, II. p. 327. (i. Nostril in a single nasal; no loreal. * Nasal small. Eye moderately small; body extremely slender. 115. Stilosoma, II. p. 325. Eye very small 119. Ehab
. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 56, XENELAPHIS. 7 Nostril between a nasal and the first labial. 117. Macrocalamus, II. p. 327. d. Maxillary teeth small, subequal; parietal in contact with labials ; eye small or very small. u. Nostril between two nasals. Loreal present, entering the eye. 113. Geophis, II. p. 314. No loreal; an azygous shield between the internasals. 118. Idiopholis, II. p. 327. (i. Nostril in a single nasal; no loreal. * Nasal small. Eye moderately small; body extremely slender. 115. Stilosoma, II. p. 325. Eye very small 119. Ehabdophidium, II. p. 328, ** Nasal minute. Internasals present 120. Pseudorhabdium, II. p. 328. No internasals; eye free .... 121. Calamaria, II. p. 330. Eye concealed under the ocular shield. 122. Typhlogeophis, II. p. 351. 56. XENELAPHIS. Coryphodon {non Owen), part., Dum. ijr Bibr. Erp. G6n, vii. p. 180 (1854) ; QiXnth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 107 (1858); Jan, Elmco sist. Ofid. p. 63 (1863). Xenelaphis, Ounth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 250 (1864); Bouleng. Fmm. Ind., Rept. p. 336 (1890). Maxillary teeth 25 to 30, gradually increasing in size; anterior mandibular teeth a little enlarged. Head moderately elongate, dis- tinct from neck; eye moderate, with round pupil; a subocular Pig. Maxillary and mandible of Xenelaphis hexagonotus. below the prseocular. Body elongate, cylindrical; scales smooth, with feebly marked apical pits, in 17 rows, the vertebral row. 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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