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Habitat: New Guinea (near Astrolabe Bay). — N. and E. 

 Australia. 



5. Dendrophis formosus Boie. 



Dendrophis formosa^ Boie, Isis 1827, p. 542. 



Dendrophis formosus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 84. 



Maxillary teeth 28 — 31 ; eye large, as long as its distance 

 from the rostral or the anterior border of the nostril. Rostral 

 more broad than deep, visible from above; internasals longer 

 than the praefrontals; frontal as long as its distance from the 

 tip of the snout, as long as the parietals; loreal long; one 

 prae- and two to four postoculars; temporals 2 + 2; nine upper 

 labials, fifth and sixth, fourth to sixth or third to fifth entering 

 the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields; latter much shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 

 rows, vertebrals larger than the outer, ventrals 174 — 205; anal 

 divided; subcaudals 132 — 158. 



Olive, bronze or yellowish-brown above, with black-edged 

 scales and red and green tints; a black stripe on each side 

 of the head, passing through the eye, widest on the nape; 

 neck red-brown; sometimes two black lines along each side 

 of the body posteriorly; upper lip greenish-yellow. Lower sur- 

 face pale green. Length of head and body 940 mm.; tail 480 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Labuan, Deli!, Singkarah!, Padang, 

 Indrapura, Tandjong); Borneo (Sandakan Bay, Baram, Kapuas 

 river, Kuching, Tandjong); Java (Batavia, Buitenzorg!, Willis 

 Mts. 5000 feet). — Singapore; Penang; Malay Peninsula; Siam. 



6. Dendrophis gastrostictus Boulenger. 



Dendrophis gastrostictus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 86, pi. IV, fig. 3. 



Maxillary teeth 33 ; eye very large, as long as its distance 

 from the anterior border of the nostril. Rostral more broad 

 than deep, just visible from above; internasals as long as the 

 praefrontals; frontal as long as its distance from the tip of the 

 snout, much shorter than the parietals; loreal more long than 

 deep; one prae- and three postoculars; temporals 2 + 2 ; eight 

 upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; four or five 

 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields; latter 

 much shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows, vertebrals 

 nearly as large as outer; ventrals 162; anal divided; sub- 

 caudals 148. 



