296 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922 
Oxyrhabdium leporinum (Giinther). 
Rhabdosoma leporinum part., GUNTHER, Cat. Col. Snakes Brit. Mus. 
(1858) 12. 
Oxyrhabdium leporinum TAyYLor, Snakes of the Philippine Islands 
(1922) 103. 
Three specimens are in the collection, one collected by myself 
along the mountain trail near Haight’s (Pauai) ; the other two 
were collected by Father F. Sanchez, 8. J., at Baguio, and pre- 
sented to me. No. 697 when taken was light olive to yellow- 
green above, dusky below. This specimen differs from the other 
two in having the chin shields together, forming a circle. The 
shields are shorter and wider than normal. No. 384 is a young 
specimen with a broad light area behind the eye which narrows 
above and crosses the occiput on the posterior edges of the 
parietals. The body is crossed by thirty-seven narrow yellow 
lines not wider than a single scale. 
Measurements and scale counts of Oxyrhabdium leporinum (Giinther). 
{3 
oe $3 
_ = m a i 
; a| 9/8) 2) 84 ; 
No. | Locality. | Collector. | 3 | é|3/3)/2/ 8/8318) 4 
s| 8 21 Sts fepoes aay et sg 
9 ek “A ee ee a @ = 
Eee eae ee ee ee ee a ee eee 
ion] © betas ee n a 
mm. | mm. 
697-| Mountain | E.H.Taylor| ¢ | 640| 92} 175| 42} 7] 6| 45 4} 15| 142 
trail, Ben- 
guet. 
547_| Baguio,|Father| 92} 540] 90| 169] 49] 7| 6] 45 4} 15] 2+2 
Benguet. Sanchez. 1+2 | 
eh Fy RSS docs ye | 235] 36] 167| 45| 7] 6) 4,5 4| 15] 142 
Zaocys luzonensis Giinther. 
Zaocys luzonensis GUNTHER, Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1873) 169; 
TayLor, Snakes of the Philippine Islands (1922) 1385, pl. 12, figs. 
1 and 3; pl. 18, figs. 1 and 2. 
Three specimens of this rare snake were obtained; one in 
northern Kalinga at Balbalan, one in Polillo Island, and the 
third was presented to me by Mr. O. W. Pflueger of the School 
of Forestry at Los Bafios. The Polillo specimen is very young 
and differs so markedly in coloration that I supected when I 
collected the specimen that it was new. 
Variation—The Kalinga specimen is brown above on the 
anterior part of the body, each scale with a black area or 
edged with black. The middle third of the body is lighter 
