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Sumba; Rotti!; Timor!; Wetar; Celebes (Manado!, Kema, 

 Kandari, Pare Pare!, Raha); Sangir Islands; Ternate!; Hal- 

 mahera; Batjan; Burn; Cerani; Ambon!; Saparua; Coram; New 

 Guinea!. — Pelew Islands; Malay Peninsula; Penang; Anda- 

 mans; Nicobars; Siam; Indo China; Burma; Ceylon; India; 

 Philippines; N. Australia. 



Not rare at the sea-coast; feeds on fish. 



41. Fordonia Gray. 

 (Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 67, 1842). , " 



Head small, not distinct from neck; eye very small; pupil 

 vertically elliptic; shields of head large; nasals undivided or 

 partly divided, separated by a single internasal; no loreal. 

 Maxillary teeth small, 7 or 8, followed by two enlarged, grooved 

 teeth; mandibular teeth about equal. Body round, covered 

 with smooth scales, without pits, in 25 — 29 row; ventrals rounded. 

 Tail short, subcaudals all or partly in two rows. 



Distribution. Burma; Cochin China; Indian Archipelago; 

 N. Australia. 



A single species. 



I. Fordonia leucobalia (Schleg.). 



Homalopsis leucobalia^ Schlegel, Phys. Serp. II 1837; p. 345, pi. XIII, fig. 8, 9. 

 Fordonia leucobalia^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Ill 1896, p. 21 ,(s. syn.). 



Fig. 71. Fordonia leucobalia (Schleg.) X 'A- "^'^^^ view of head. 



