. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figs. 260-268.—Elaphe carinata. § X NAT. size. 266, top of head; 267, side of ukAU; 26S, under- side OF HEAD. No. 5, Sci. Coll. Tokyo. and the skin between; a longitudinal blackish band on ventrals near the lateral angle and frequently interrupted; each ventral with the posterior edge irregularly marked with black; subcaudals narrowly edged with black so as to form a black median line; all the upper and lateral cephalic sutures marked with black. Dimensions. mm. Total length 1, 455 Snout to vent 1,155 Vent to tip of tail 300 Tip of snout to
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figs. 260-268.—Elaphe carinata. § X NAT. size. 266, top of head; 267, side of ukAU; 26S, under- side OF HEAD. No. 5, Sci. Coll. Tokyo. and the skin between; a longitudinal blackish band on ventrals near the lateral angle and frequently interrupted; each ventral with the posterior edge irregularly marked with black; subcaudals narrowly edged with black so as to form a black median line; all the upper and lateral cephalic sutures marked with black. Dimensions. mm. Total length 1, 455 Snout to vent 1,155 Vent to tip of tail 300 Tip of snout to posterior end of parietals 34 The young ( No. 36508) are much paler and underneath uniform white; back with a few scattered black dots which, on the anterior half of the bod}", form short and narrow cross lines; on pos- terior half an obscure, pale brown longitudinal line on each side; upturned ends of ventrals with small black dots, forming an irregular longitudinal series; upper and lower labials with dark brown sutures. Variation.—The commonest variation is apparently in the number of temporals, the extremes recorded (for Chinese specimens) being 1+2 and 3 + 3. The scale rows are almost always 23, but Wall mentions. 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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