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. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 232 BULLETIN ]14, UZsTlTED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. are from ^ to 2|, usually 1 to 2, scales in width, not wider on the sides, and usually more or less obstructed on the belly with black. The head is black from about the anterior portion of the frontal to the posterior part of the parietals and laterally to the eyes or middle upper labials. The whole snout is whitish, and there is some- times a light spot above each eye; the chin and gular region is white and quite or nearly immaculate. A white band crosses the tips of -?o. ss Fig. 62.—Map showing locality records for Lampropeltis pyeehomelaena. the parietals, widening anteriorly on the sides; behind this is a black band, which narrows on the sides and is rarely, if ever, complete on the throat. The dentition is as foliovvs: Maxillary teeth, 13 to 20, commonly 14 to 16, somewhat longer anteriorly, the last two a little stouter and more flattened laterally; mandibular teeth, 14 to 18, second to sixth largest, becoming much smaller posteriorly; palatine teeth, 11, less. 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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