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P. curtus, Hubrecht, with which P. breitensteini, Steind., is 

 probably identical, is only know : n from Sumatra, Borneo, and 

 Singapore. 



285. Python reticulatus. 



Boa reticulata, Schneid. Hist. Amph, ii, p. 264. 



Python schneideri, Merr. Tent. p. 89. 



Python reticulatus, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 44 ; Dum. # Bibr. Erp. Gen. 



vi, p. 426 ; Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 902 ; Giinth. Rept. B. 



I. p. 330 ; Jan, Icon. Ophid. p. 97, 1. 8, pi. vi ; Stolicxka, J. A. S. B. 



xxxix, p. 205 ; Theob. Cat. p. 205. 



13 upper labials, four anterior pitted, seventh entering the eye ; 

 21 to 23 lower labials; frontal usually not divided by a longitudinal 

 suture ; two prse- and three or four post-oculars. Scales in 60 to 75 

 rows. Ventrals 297-330 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 82-102. Light 

 yellowish or brown above, ornate with large circular or rhomboidal 

 blackish markings ; a median black line along the head ; lower 

 parts yellowish, with small brown spots on the sides. 



Beaches a length of 30 feet. 



Hob. Burma, Nicobars, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



286. Python molurus. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. i, pis. xxii-xxiv and xxxix. 



Coluber molurus, Linn. S. N. i, p. 387. 



Python molurus, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 44 ; Dum. 8f Bibr. Erp. Gen. 

 vi, p. 417 ; Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 331 ; Jan, Icon. Ophid. p. 96, 1. 8, 

 pi. ii ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, p. 205 ; Theob. Cat. 

 p. 206; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xlviii, 1879, p. 127. 



11 to 13 upper labials, two anterior pitted, seventh entering the 

 eye, if not separated by a series of suboculars ; 17 or 18 lower 

 labials ; frontal longitudinally divided; twoprae- and three or four 

 postoculars. Scales in 60 to 75 rows. Ventrals 242-265 ; anal 

 entire ; subcaiidals 60-72. Greyish brown or yellowish above, 

 with a dorsal series of large elongate subquadrangular reddish- 

 brown black-edged spots and on each side a series of smaller spots ; 

 a lance-shaped brown marking on the head and nape ; a lateral 

 brown band passing through the eye and a brown vertical bar 

 below the eye ; lower parts yellowish, sides brown-spotted. 



Grows to 20 feet, or more, but usually not exceeding about 12. 



Hob. Peninsular India, Eajputana, and Bengal to the foot of 

 the Himalayas ; rare in the Malay Peninsula and Java, and in 

 Ceylon. Haly (Rep. Coll. Snakes Colombo Mus. 1886, p. 14) says 

 specimens of 10 feet or more were procurable in the Cinnamon 

 Gardens only ten years ago, but they seem to have become extinct 

 with the extension of the city of Colombo. 



Genus GONGYLOPHIS, 



Wagler, Syst. Amph. p. 192, 1830. 



Anterior maxillary and mandibulary teeth a little longer than 



