. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 168 XENOPEITID^. Fig. 10. prP f pi V P^" so I. StC' so CO Skull of Xenopeltis —V-1. Xenopeltis unicolor. Xenopeltis unicolor, Reinw. in Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 564 ; Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. p. 54 (1847); Bum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 28 (1864) ; GiXnth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 180 (1864); Jan, Icon. Gin. p. 57,1. 9, pi. v. (1865); Theoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 140 (1876); Bmihng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 276, fig-. (1890). concolor, Reinw. I. c. leucocephala, Reinw. I. c. Tortrix xenopeltis, Schleg. Serp. ii. p. 20, pi.
. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 168 XENOPEITID^. Fig. 10. prP f pi V P^" so I. StC' so CO Skull of Xenopeltis —V-1. Xenopeltis unicolor. Xenopeltis unicolor, Reinw. in Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 564 ; Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. p. 54 (1847); Bum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 28 (1864) ; GiXnth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 180 (1864); Jan, Icon. Gin. p. 57,1. 9, pi. v. (1865); Theoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 140 (1876); Bmihng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 276, fig-. (1890). concolor, Reinw. I. c. leucocephala, Reinw. I. c. Tortrix xenopeltis, Schleg. Serp. ii. p. 20, pi. i. iigs. 8-10, and Abbild. pi. XXXV. (1844). Head much depressed, snout rounded; frontal as long as its distance from the rostral; supraocular small, smaller than the upper postocular; a single large prseocular or loreal shield; two poatoculars, upper largest; eight upper labials, first in contact with the internasal, fourth and fifth entering the eye; a pair of very small chin-shields, in contact with the three anterior lower lahials. Scales in 15 rows. Yentrals 166-193; anal divided; Buboaudals 26-31. Black or brown above, highly iridescent, scales with lighter edges, white beneath ; head whitish in the young. Total length 1000 millim.; tail 100. S. India, Burma, Tndo-China, Malay Peninsula and 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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