. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Figure 5. Lateral and dorsal views of head, and dorsal scale of L. ornatum. h\l}\t stip|il('(l. a white band aiouiid the snout. Altcrnaliiig dark spots in juxcniles. Maxiniiini .size observed (in nun). 325 (tail 41) in males; MO (tail 50) in females. S))eeimens examined. Sierra Leone: (FMNII 121979-80); Liberia: Monrovia (MCZ 916); l\'ataeli, St. Paul's River (MCZ 22610); Mulhenberg Mission (USNM 22829). Chana: Aehimota School (MCZ 53641); Le,ii;on ilili near Aehimota School (MC>Z 53678); Kumasi (MCZ 49606, 49733);
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Figure 5. Lateral and dorsal views of head, and dorsal scale of L. ornatum. h\l}\t stip|il('(l. a white band aiouiid the snout. Altcrnaliiig dark spots in juxcniles. Maxiniiini .size observed (in nun). 325 (tail 41) in males; MO (tail 50) in females. S))eeimens examined. Sierra Leone: (FMNII 121979-80); Liberia: Monrovia (MCZ 916); l\'ataeli, St. Paul's River (MCZ 22610); Mulhenberg Mission (USNM 22829). Chana: Aehimota School (MCZ 53641); Le,ii;on ilili near Aehimota School (MC>Z 53678); Kumasi (MCZ 49606, 49733); Oda (FMNII 4418, 53638); near Somanya (MCZ 55364). Torror) (M(>Z 5992). Lycophidion semicincfum Dumeril and Bibron Li/cophidiinn scniiciiutuni Duim'-iil ami Bil^ron, 1854, Herpet. Gen. 7: 414 (locality?). Angel, 19;, Bull. Com. Etud. Hist. Scifnt. AOF, 15; 705, fig. 32; Villiers, 1950, Initiations II, Seip. Quest Afr. IFAN: 74, fig. 85; Manacas, 1957, An. Junta Invest. Ultramar, 10 (4, ): 15, Bissalanca, Marques Mano, Bissau (Portuguese Guinea ).- Diagnosis. Only one apical pit. Snout about as long as or longer than parietals. Postnasal in contact with 2nd lal)ial, seldom with 1st as well. Scale rows 17-17-15. Ventrals: 183-193 (6 6)^ 196-211 ( $ $ ). Subcaudals: 47-58 (6 6)^ 36-46 ( ? ? ). (Exceptionally, 177 ventrals and 42 sub- caudals in a male from northern Ghanaâa fact which suggests a northern subspecies or a cline.) Color pattern with transverse bands or alternating spots, becoming in- distinct in the largest specimens' without white stippling. Maximum size (in mm): 478 (tail 88) in males; 788 (tail 88) in females. Specimens examined. Portuguese Guinea: Bissau (MCZ 18192). Ghana: without locality (FMNH 74832); vicinity of Aehi- mota School (MCZ 55365-71); near hospital, Aehimota School (MCZ 53679-80); Aehi- mota (MCZ 53677); Legon Hill near Aehimota School (MCZ 55361, FMNH 74823-24); Lawra (MCZ 49560); near Somanva (MCZ 55362-63). Gameroon: Poli (MCZ 44130).
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