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Habitat: Borneo (Kina Balu!, Paku in Upper Sarawak, 

 Singkawang). 



25. Calamaria brookei Boulenger. 



Calamaria brookii^ Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) XV 1895, P- 3^9; Cat. Sn. 

 Ill 1896, p. 647. 



Diameter of the eye equals its distance from the mouth; 

 rostral as deep as broad; frontal one time and one fourth as 

 long as broad, three times as broad as a supraocular, much 

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

 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; first lower 

 labial in contact with its fellow behind the mental; three 

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

 pairs of chin-shields in contact. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 

 147 — 155; anal entire; subcaudals 23. Tail obtusely pointed. 



Yellowish-brown above, with five black stripes, the middle 

 one broadest, covering one scale and two halves; outer row 

 of scales yellowish-white, the upper part of the scales black; 

 head marbled with black; a black collar and two black bands 

 across the tail, the anterior at the base. Lower surface yellowish. 

 Length of head and body 197 mm.; tail 23 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Borneo (Matang!, Kidi district). 



26. Calamaria sondaica Barbour. 



Calajiiaria sondaica, Barbour, Bull. Mus. Zool. Cambr. 1,1 1907/08, p. 319. 



Diameter of the eye a little shorter than its distance from the 

 mouth; rostral almost as deep as broad; frontal slightly more 

 long than broad, more than twice as broad as a supraocular, 

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

 five upper labials, first nearly three times as large as the 

 second, third and fourth entering the eye; the first lower labial 

 in contact with its fellow behind the mental. Scales in 13 

 rows; ventrals 154; anal entire; subcaudals 10. Tail obtuse. 



Dark reddish-brown above, iridescent, with six dark longi- 

 tudinal lines, distinct on the neck, indistinct on the body; 

 the rows of scales separated by white lines; last row of scales 

 with a lateral white line. Lower surface yellowish, blotched 

 with angular dark markings; one median and two lateral black 



