. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 342 BULLETIN 58, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. The aduU male (, No. 7316r/; type; Naha, Okinawa sliima; November, 1854; Wright, collector, figs. 293-295) is in all essential features of scutellation like the om^ described above, except that the snout is proportionally more elongated, with resulting longer internasals and longer loreal. The coloration is more uniform above, with faint indications of longitudinal dusky streaking, which is very marked on the side of the neck as interrupted longitudinal black streaks; last two supralabi
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 342 BULLETIN 58, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. The aduU male (, No. 7316r/; type; Naha, Okinawa sliima; November, 1854; Wright, collector, figs. 293-295) is in all essential features of scutellation like the om^ described above, except that the snout is proportionally more elongated, with resulting longer internasals and longer loreal. The coloration is more uniform above, with faint indications of longitudinal dusky streaking, which is very marked on the side of the neck as interrupted longitudinal black streaks; last two supralabials marked as in the young. Tyinunsions. mm. Total length 492 Snout to vent 385 Vent to tip of tail 107 This snake grows to be more than SOO nun. long. Variation.—Variation both as to scutellation and coloration is rather slight in this species. The most noteworthy abnormalit}^ is pre- sented by , No. 11127, which has the fifth supralabial on 293 295 294. 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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