. Zoology of Egypt. cta, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. 1862, p. 275, fig. producta, Gasco, Viagg. in Egitto, pt. ii. 1876, p. 120; P. Muller, Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel, vi. 1878, p. 610; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. 1880, p. 308; Murray, Ann. N. H. (5) xiv. 1884, p. 104; Sclater, Snakes Ind. Mus. 1891, p. lacertina, var. moilensis, F. Muller, Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel, vii. 1882, p. moilensis, Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 656; Herpet. Arabia & Egypt, 1896, pp. 52 & 108; Blgr. Cat. Snakes B. M. iii. 1896, p. 143. 2 ? . Lower Egypt. 1 J1. Abu Roash. Mrs. Anders
. Zoology of Egypt. cta, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. 1862, p. 275, fig. producta, Gasco, Viagg. in Egitto, pt. ii. 1876, p. 120; P. Muller, Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel, vi. 1878, p. 610; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. 1880, p. 308; Murray, Ann. N. H. (5) xiv. 1884, p. 104; Sclater, Snakes Ind. Mus. 1891, p. lacertina, var. moilensis, F. Muller, Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel, vii. 1882, p. moilensis, Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 656; Herpet. Arabia & Egypt, 1896, pp. 52 & 108; Blgr. Cat. Snakes B. M. iii. 1896, p. 143. 2 ? . Lower Egypt. 1 J1. Abu Roash. Mrs. Anderson. 2 ? . Suakin. Colonel Sir Charles Holled Smith, , ? . Durrur. Head moderately long, convex above from before backwards; canthus rostralisdefined, continuous more or less with outwardly projecting supraocular; rostral asbroad as high, largely visible from above; internasals nearly as large as the prsefrontals,and the suture nearly as long as that of the prsefrontals; frontal long and narrow,. CXELOPELTIS MOILENSIS. 293 equalling or slightly exceeding the distance between its anterior border and the end ofthe snout, and as long as or a little longer than the parietals; its greatest breadthexceeds one-half of its length ; parietals longer than broad, posterior border more or lessrounded ; one loreal resting on the second and third labials ; one prseocular, occasionallydivided, broadly excluded from contact with the frontal, rarely in contact; two orthree postoculars; temporals 2 + 3, 2 + 4, or 1+2 ; 8 upper labials rarely 7, the fourthand fifth entering the orbit; posterior pair of chin-shields the shorter, separated bytwo large and a few small scales; anterior pair in contact with four or five in 17 rows, very obscurely grooved. 157-176 ventrals ; anal 1/1 ; subcaudals48-73. General colour pale sandy yellowish or yellowish brown above, irregularly markedwith brown or blackish spots, generally a vertical black bar through the eye, more orless defin
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