. Zoology of Egypt. nce in Egypt, a portion of fig. 2 l with figs. 2 2 and 2 3 are here reproduced, alongwith Mr. Boulengers description of the species drawn up from Southern Syrianspecimens, for much the same reasons as those mentioned under Zamenis dahlii. 1 Legons Phys. et Comp. Anat. vi. p. 225. - Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, pp. 812-826, ph. xliv. & xlv. 2o 282 THE REPTILES OF EGYPT. Tarbophis savignyi, Blgr. (Fig. 11 text.) Couleuvre, Savigny, Descr. de lEgypte, Hist. Nat. i. ? 1829, Suppl. Rept. pi. iv. (1813) figs. 2 savignyi, Blgr. Cat. Snakes B. M. iii. 1896, p. 48. Very clo
. Zoology of Egypt. nce in Egypt, a portion of fig. 2 l with figs. 2 2 and 2 3 are here reproduced, alongwith Mr. Boulengers description of the species drawn up from Southern Syrianspecimens, for much the same reasons as those mentioned under Zamenis dahlii. 1 Legons Phys. et Comp. Anat. vi. p. 225. - Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, pp. 812-826, ph. xliv. & xlv. 2o 282 THE REPTILES OF EGYPT. Tarbophis savignyi, Blgr. (Fig. 11 text.) Couleuvre, Savigny, Descr. de lEgypte, Hist. Nat. i. ? 1829, Suppl. Rept. pi. iv. (1813) figs. 2 savignyi, Blgr. Cat. Snakes B. M. iii. 1896, p. 48. Very closely allied to T. fallax,but snout shorter and broader; internasals broaderthan long; frontal not more than once and one third as long as broad; nasal entireor semidivided; loreal once and a half to twice and a half as long as deep, usuallyentering the eye; posterior chin-shields narrowly separated from each other in in 19 rows. Ventrals 174-190; anal divided; subcaudals 45—57. Yellowish Fisr. Tarbophis savignyi, from Plate iv. (1813) figs. 2i, 22, and 2 s of Reptiles (Supplement), Descr. de lEgypte. above, with a dorsal series of 23 to 28 dark brown or black spots on the body,these spots sometimes confluent with a lateral series of spots or vertical bars whichusually alternate with the dorsal series ; the first blotch largest, covering the nape anddescending to the sides of the neck, which it may entirely encircle; head greyishabove, dotted with black and with a few small black spots; labials dark-edged; bellyblack, or much spotted or marbled with dark brown or black. Total length 465 millim.; tail 65. Southern Syria, Lower Egypt. TAEBOPHIS OBTUSUS. 283 Taebophis obtusus, Reuss. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 4.) Couleuvre, Savigny, Descr. de PEgypte, Hist. Nat. i. ? 1829, Suppl. pi. v. (1812) figs. 1 l-l s. Coluber obtusus, Reuss, Mus. Senck. i. 1834, p. 137. Dipsas agijptiacus, Scblegel, Phys. Serp. 1837, ii. p. 274 ; Abbild. 1844, pi. xlv. figs. 19 &
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