. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 66. cHLOKorHis. 91 Total length 1050 millim.; taU 300. Philippines, Celebes. a. $ (V. 167 ; C. 100). N. Mindanao. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. (Type of Z). philippinensis.) 6, c. ? (V. 172; C. ?) & Philippines. 11. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. yg. (V. 182; C. 113). <?. $ (V. 179; C. 102). Manado. Dr. A. B. Meyer [0.]. 5. Dendrelaphis modestus. (Plate IV. fig. 4.) Eye as long as its distance from the nostril. Eostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals as long as the proe- frontals ; frontal once and one
. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 66. cHLOKorHis. 91 Total length 1050 millim.; taU 300. Philippines, Celebes. a. $ (V. 167 ; C. 100). N. Mindanao. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. (Type of Z). philippinensis.) 6, c. ? (V. 172; C. ?) & Philippines. 11. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. yg. (V. 182; C. 113). <?. $ (V. 179; C. 102). Manado. Dr. A. B. Meyer [0.]. 5. Dendrelaphis modestus. (Plate IV. fig. 4.) Eye as long as its distance from the nostril. Eostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals as long as the proe- frontals ; frontal once and one third as long as broad, as long as its distance from the rostral or the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal elongate ; one prae- and two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2; nine upper labials, fifth and sixth entering the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 191-193 ; anal divided; subcaudals 114. Olive above, scales black-edged; a rather indistinct dark streak on each side of the head, passing through the eye ; upper lip and lower surface of head yellow ; pale green beneath, the posterior ventrals and the subcaudals margined with blackish. Total length 1120 mUlim. ; tail 315. Tern ate. a-b. 5 (V. 193, 191; C. 114, ?). Ternate. ' ChaUenger.' 66. CHLOEOPHIS*. Philothamnus, part., Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. (1840) ; Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 128 (18b2); Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. ix. 1882, p. 1. Leptophis, part., Dum. 8f Bihr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 528 (1854); Jan, Blenco sist. Ofid. p. 84 (1863). Chlorophis, Halloiv. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1857, p, 52 ; Cope, Proc. Ac. Pkilud. 1860, p. 559 ; Throb. Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 49 (1863). Ahastulla, part., Giinth. Cat. Col. Sti. p. 151 (1858), and Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. (3) xi. , p. 283. Herpetsethiops, Giinth. Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. (3) xviii. 1866, p. 27. Fig. Maxillary and mandible of Chlorophis natalensis. *
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