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Coloration variable. Black above, each scale with a round 

 greenish or yellowish spot, the vertebral spots sometimes forming 

 a stripe anteriorly, or green above, the scales black-edged; 

 often coral-red spots on the back, in groups of four; head 

 black, with yellow transverse bands and spots. Lower surface 

 greenish or yellowish, ventrals often edged with black. Young 

 specimens green, with black transverse bands, or pale brownish 

 with black and yellow bars on head and nape; a series of 

 small black spots on the middle of the back; a series of trans- 

 verse vermilion spots on the posterior part of the body. 

 Beneath pale olive with black lateral keels. Length of head 

 and body 8io mm.; tail 310 mm. 



Nom. indig. Ular jelotong (mal.); ule alo (Toradja-name). 



Habitat: Nias; Mentawei Islands (Sipora); Sumatra (Atjeh, 

 Medan!, Stabat, Assahan, Labuan, Langkat, Laut Tador, Indra- 

 giri, Djambi!, Kertadjaja and Tandjung Laut in Palembang; 

 Gunung Sahilan!, Indrapura, Padang 1500 — 3000 feet); Banka!; 

 Riou; Natuna Islands; Borneo (Bulangan river, Baram river, 

 Labuan, Mt. Dulit, Braang, Kuching, Sarawak, Oya, Rejang 

 river, Batang Lupar, Buntok, Sungei Duri, Singkawang, Pon- 

 tianak, Bandjermassin !, Samarinda!, Muara Djawa!); Java! 

 (Batavia, Tengger Mts. 1200 M.); Celebes (Gorontalo, Manado!, 

 Kema, Marissa, Posso!, Kandari, Macassar). — Sulu Islands; 

 Philippines; Malay Peninsula; Singapore; Penang; Andamans; 

 S. China; Siam; Burma; India; Ceylon. 



Feeds on lizards (Geckos) and frogs, sometimes on bats. 

 Diurnal. The female lays 6 — S white, long-cylindrical eggs. 



3. Chrysopelea chrysochlora (Schleg.). 



Dendrophis chrysochloros^ Schlegel, Phys. Serp. 11 1837, p. 234. 

 Chrysopelea chrysochloj-a^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Ill 1896, p. 198 (s. syn.). 



Snout not much depressed; rostral more broad than deep, 

 visible from above; internasals as long as or slightly shorter 

 than praefrontals; frontal a little longer than its distance from 

 the tip of the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal about 

 twice as long as deep; a praeocular, in contact with or sepa- 

 rated from the frontal; two postoculars; temporals 2 + 2; nine 

 upper labials, fifth and sixth or fourth to sixth entering the 

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

 latter shorter than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows, smooth; 



