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a little more broad than deep, visible from above; frontal 

 more long than broad, not twice so broad as the supraocular, 

 shorter than the parietals; one prae- and one postocular; five 

 or six upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; mental 

 in contact with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields 

 in contact or separated. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 147 — 210; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 15 — 26. Tail ending in a point. Dark 

 brown or black above, head often entirely or partially yellow; 

 body sometimes with yellow transverse bars or series of spots; 

 a lateral streak along the two outer rows of scales sometimes 

 yellowish. Lower surface yellowish, with or without large 

 transverse black spots or bands. Length of head and body 

 377 mm.; tail 33 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Labuan, Medan!, Langkat, Raja Mts., 

 Battak Highlands 800—1000 M., Fort de Kock!, Kaju tanam!, 

 Padang); Natuna Islands; Borneo (Kina Balu!, Bongon, Mt. 

 Batu song, Baram, Kuching, Matang, Tandjong); Java! (Volcano 

 Tjisurupan, Sukabumi!); Ternate. — Malay Peninsula. 



3. Calamaria stahlknechti Stol. 



Calamaria stahlknechti^ Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLII 1873, p. 119, 



pi. XI, fig. 2. 

 Calamaria stahlknechtii^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 335. 



Diameter of eye greater than its distance from the mouth; 

 rostral more broad than deep, visible from above ; frontal more 

 long than broad, not twice so broad as the supraocular, shorter 

 than the parietals; one prae- and one postocular; five upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye; mental in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields separated. 

 Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 147 — 163; anal entire; subcaudals 

 22 — 23. Tail ending in a point. 



Brown or olive above; a yellowish collar, interrupted in the 

 middle; yellow or red below, with or without black transverse 

 spots or bands. Length of head and body 241 mm.; tail 24 mm. 



Habitat: Nias!; Sumatra. 



4. Calamaria indragirica Schenkel. 



Calamaria indragirica^ Schenkel, Verb. Ges. Basel XIII 1901, p. 1 64. 



Diameter of eye about one time and a half as large as its 

 distance from the mouth; rostral more broad than deep, visible 



