Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . CI---^Jj^J^^^^^P^ ??^ 5fe so eo bo. *-. \prr Skull of Xc7iopcltis unieolor. 1. Xenopeltis unieolor. Xenopeltis unieolor, JReimv. in Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 564 ; Cantor, Cat. Mai. Mept. p. 54 (1847); Bum. c^j- Bibr. Vu. p. 28 (1854) ; Gibith. Rej)t. Brit. Ind. p. 180 (1864) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 57, 1. 9, pi. v. (1865); Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 140 (187G); Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Bcpt. p. 276^ fig. (1890). concolor, Beimv. I. c, leucocephala, Beirnv. I. c. Tortrix xenopeltis, Schleq. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 20, pi. i. fiffs. 8-10,
Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . CI---^Jj^J^^^^^P^ ??^ 5fe so eo bo. *-. \prr Skull of Xc7iopcltis unieolor. 1. Xenopeltis unieolor. Xenopeltis unieolor, JReimv. in Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 564 ; Cantor, Cat. Mai. Mept. p. 54 (1847); Bum. c^j- Bibr. Vu. p. 28 (1854) ; Gibith. Rej)t. Brit. Ind. p. 180 (1864) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 57, 1. 9, pi. v. (1865); Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 140 (187G); Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Bcpt. p. 276^ fig. (1890). concolor, Beimv. I. c, leucocephala, Beirnv. I. c. Tortrix xenopeltis, Schleq. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 20, pi. i. fiffs. 8-10, and Abbild. pi. XXXV. (1844). Head much depressed, snout rounded; frontal as long as itsdistance from the rostral; supraocular small, smaller than theupper postocular; a single large prajocular or loreal shield; twopostoculars, upper largest; eight upper labials, first in contactwith the intcrnasal, fourth and fifth entering the eye; a pair ofvery small chin-shields, in contact with the three anterior lowerlabials. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 16G-193 ; aual divided ;Bubcaudals 26-31. Black or brown
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