COLLECTION OF SNAKES IN THE NILGIRI HILLS. 



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Several of these species are of course not truly montane. All of 

 the species found in the plains of Southern India ascend to vary- 

 ing altitudes in the hills. In addition to the snakes I collected 

 this year in the Nilgiris I had the good fortune to acquire a collec- 

 tion made by the late Mr. Grey from the same locality amounting 

 to about 180 specimens. There was nothing rare among them, 

 but they furnished a few interesting notes on food and breeding. 



The following synopsis shows the numbers and localities from 

 which they were collected : — 



NILGIRI WYNAAD. 



s 



Name of Species, 



1 Typhlops fletcheri .. . 



2 „ beddomi . . . 



3 ,, thurstoni 



4 Rhinophis sanguineus 



5 Silybura ocellata 



C ,1 brevis .. 



7 Plectrurusperroteti .. 



8 Melanophjdium wynadense . 



9 Tiopidonotuspiscator.. 



10 „ beddomi 



11 „ stolatus 



12 ,; monticola 



plumbicolor. 



13 Macropisthodon 



14 Rhabdops olivaceus 



15 Xylophis perroteti 



16 Lycodon auetcus 



17 ,, travancoricus 



18 Zaocys mucosus 



19 Coluber helena 



20 Dendrelaphis tristis .. 



21 Oligodon vennstus 



22 „ afflnis 



23 ,. subgriseus .. 

 2t Ablabes ealamavia 



25 Dipsadomophus tiigonatus 



26 ,, ceylonensis. 



27 ,, nuchalis 



28 „ forsteni 



29 Dryophis perroteti 



30 „ mycterizans.. 



31 ,, pulverulentus 



32 Chrysopelea ornata 



33 Bungarus caerueeus . . . 



34 Naia tripudians 



35 ,, bungarus 



36 Hemibungarus nigresoens . 



37 Callophis bibroni 



38 Vipera russelli 



39 Echis carinatus 



40 Anoistrodon millardi . . . 



41 Laohesis strigata .. . 



42 „ graminea 



43 „ anamallensis 



Total 



27 



29 



11 



24 



12 



15 201 16 



1 



36 



93 



23 



3 

 19 

 24 



51 



32 



4 



3 

 U 



5 

 50 



6 

 12 



10 



1 

 I 

 1 

 1 



8 

 1 



"28 

 1 

 4 



20 



5 



11 

 12 



4 



7 



108 324 28 



I 



99 

 22 



2 



19 

 14 

 30 



3 



3 



8 



1 



J7 



50 

 11 



3 



40 



2 



38 



14 



3 



34 

 1 



108 



6 



8 



31 



33 

 20 



18 

 21 



28 

 "1 



2 

 143 



5^8 



16 



4 



7 



3 



10 



4 



238 31 



G 



1 

 3 



43 

 105 



62 

 130 



28 



43 

 157 



52 



13 



106 



5 



CI 



7 



65 



88 



1C7 



6 



30 



11 



47 



5 



3 



40 



41 



1 



ft 



82 



8 



7 



5 



12 



a 



58 

 1 



28 



5 



11 



48 



22 



193 



1,699 



SO 



