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420. Dendrophis caudolineolatus. 



Dendrophis caudolineolatus, Gilnth. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 506, pi. xl, fig. 1. 

 Dendrophis gregorii, Haly, Taprobanian, iii, 1888, p. 51. 



Eye as long as its distance from the nostril. Eostral broader 

 than long, visible from above, upper border forming an obtuse 

 angle ; suture between the iuternasals a little shorter than that 

 between the praefrontals ; frontal longer than its distance from the 

 end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal elongate ; one 

 praeocular; two postoculars ; temporals 1+2 or 2 + 1; 8 or 9 

 upper labials, fourth and fifth, or fifth and sixth, entering the eye ; 

 4 or 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which 

 are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows, vertebrals as 

 large as outer row. Ventrals 149-161 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 

 124-128. Bronzy olive above, anteriorly with oblique narrow 

 black streaks ; tail with four more or less distinct black lines, one 

 above, one along the inner edges of the subcaudals, and one on 

 each side ; a black temporal streak ; lower surfaces greenish white. 



Total length 2 feet 1 inch ; tail 9 inches. 



Hob. Ceylon, 



Genus DENDRELAPHIS. 



Maxillary teeth 18 to 20, anterior longest j anterior inandibular 

 teeth longest. Head distinct from neck, elongate ; eye large, with 

 round pupil; head-shields normal. Body elongate, feebly com- 

 pressed; scales smooth, in 13_rows, disposed obliquely, with apical 

 pits ; ventrals with suture-Hie lateral keel, and a notch on each 

 side corresponding to the keel ; subcaudals in t\vo rows. 



The type species occurs in Southern India and the Malay Penin- 

 sula and Archipelago. A second species is from the Philippines, 

 D. terrificus, Peters (D. philippinensis, Grthr.). 



Of mixed arboreal and terrestrial habits. 



421. Dendrelaphis caudolineatus. 



Aheetula caudolineata, Gray, III. Ind. Zool. ii, pi. Ixxxi. 

 Leptophis caudalineatus, Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 932. 

 Dendrophis octolineata, Dum. $ Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii, p. 201 ; Jan, 



Icon. Ophid. 32, pi. ii, fig. 1. 

 Dendrophis caudolineata, Gilnth. Rept. B. I. p. 297 ; Stoliczka, J. A. 



S. B. xxxix, 1870, p. 194, & xlii, 1873, p. 123. 



Snout scarcely longer than the eye. Rostral a little broader 

 than deep, visible from above ; suture between the iuternasals as 

 long as or a little shorter than that between the prrefrontals ; frontal 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal elongate ; one prse- and two postoculars ; 

 temporals 2+2; 9 upper labials, fifth and sixth entering the eye; 

 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 

 shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 176- 



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