REMARKS ON SOME RECENTLY ACQUIRED SNAKES. 783 



Simotes theobaldi. 

 Several specimens were received, some of which have been pre- 

 viously recorded in this Journal. The colour varieties A and B 

 mentioned by Boulenger in his Catalogue are doubtful. I find every 

 gradation between the two. In some there are a very few spots on 

 the belly congregated before the anus and none elsewhere. In others 

 there are a very few spots scattered along most of the belly length, 

 and in others no single spot. The features which specially attracted 

 my attention are as follows : — Rostral — The height nearly equals 

 the breadth ; the visible portion above is distinctly less than 

 its distance to the frontal. The frontal is distinctly shorter 

 than the parietals. The anterior nasal is considerably larger 

 than the posterior, but the lower margins of the two are subequal. 

 The suture from the nostril runs to the 1st labial. The loreal is dis- 

 tinctly longer than high, sometimes as much as twice the length. 

 The ventrals, and subcaudals of 9 specimens are as follows : — 177 + 



32, 170 + ?, 170 + 35, 169 + 31, 169 + 40, 164 + 30, 168 + 39, 180 + 



33, and 167 + 40. 



Dryoplm mycterizans. 



One of the foetus removed from a gravid female, recorded by 

 Evans and myself in this Journal (Vol. XIII, p. 615), I have re- 

 examined and find measures about 13 inches. We omitted to note 

 this. I received with other snakes from Major Evans three specimens 

 of the peculiar colour variety of this snake with grey on the belly 

 between the white lines. I think it should be given a distinct title, 

 and propose for it tephrogaster. I cannot be sure whether these came 

 from Burma or were part of a collection obtained for me in Ceylon 

 (Henaratgoda). They agree in scale characters with mycterizans. 

 The ventrals and subcaudals are 176 + 146?, 176 + 153, and 181 + 

 151. 



A mblycephalus andersoni. 



I examined three specimen's of this hitherto little known snake. 

 The exact localities in Burma are not recorded. The longest is 

 1 foot 7 inches. The vertebrals are not enlarged. The ventrals and 

 subcaudals are 150 + 45, 163 + 45, and 156+40. It is sometimes 

 doubtful in this as in other amblycephalus whether the subocular is 

 a single elongate crescentic shield, or whether divided, as it is very 



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