A Colored Atlas of Some Vertebrates from Ceylon: Serpentoid Reptilia

anal divided anteriorly Aspidura blotches body Boiga Boulenger Bungarus ceylonicus canthus carinate caudal shield Ceylon ceylonensis cobra Colombo Colombo National Museum color variety Coluber Colubridae costals 19 Daudin Dentition Deraniyagala Dimensions Distribution dorsal Dryocalamus nympha eggs elongate enlarged entering orbit fangs Fauna Brit females forma typica fossorial frontal genials Genus groove Gunther Hydrophiinae hypnale India infralabials internasals labials Linné loreal lowest costals males mandibulars Matugama Maxillary teeth mid-body mongoose Naja naja Namunukula nasal neck nostril occurring in Ceylon ocular Oligodon oviparous Ovoviviparous pair palatines parietals partim PLATE posterior posteriorly postoculars prefrontals preocular pterygoids pupil rounded Python molurus Ratnapura Rept REPTILES OF CEYLON Rhinophis rostral Scalation scutes shielded area Sinhala Snakes of Ceylon snout species specimens spots subcaudals subequal subocular subspecies supralabials supraocular suture Syst tail temporals total length Transverse scale rows Typhlops venom ventral scutes ventrals vertebral Viperidae yellow Zool