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Benakat in Palembang, Kaju tanam!); Borneo (Sandakan, 

 Kuching, Baram, Pangkalan ampat, Sarawak); W. Java! (Mt. 

 Parang); Ambon. — Singapore; Malacca. 



3. Dipsadomorphus dendrophilus (Boie). 



Dipsas dendrophila^ Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 549. 



Dipsadomorphus dendrophilus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Ill 1896, p. 70. 



Boiga dendrophila^ Barbour, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. Coll. XLIV 191 2 p. 125. 



Snout longer than eye; rostral more broad than deep, visible 

 from above; internasals as long as or shorter than the prae- 

 frontals; frontal as long as or slightly shorter than its distance 

 from the tip of the snout; loreal as long as deep or more 

 long; a praeocular extending to the upper surface of the 

 head, not reaching the frontal; two postoculars; temporals 2 + 2 

 or 2 + 3; eight (nine) upper labials, third to fifth entering 

 the eye; four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields; latter as long as or longer than the posterior; 

 anterior palatine teeth not much larger than the posterior. 

 Scales in 21 (23) rows, vertebral row enlarged; ventrals 209 — 239; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 89 — 1 10. 



Black above, with yellow transverse bands, continuous or 

 not extending across the back; labials yellow, with black edges. 

 Lower surface black or bluish, uniform or speckled with yellow; 

 throat yellow. Total length 2310 mm. 



Nom. in dig. Ular katam tebu (mal.); Oraj taliwangsa or 

 Oraj santja manuk (sund.).; Ular chin chin mas (Borneo); 

 Ulentipojo (Toradja-name). 



Habitat: Nias ! ; Batu Islands (Pulu Tello I); Sumatra (Labuan, 

 Stabat, Deli!, SerdangI, Langkat, Assahan, Indragiri, Djambi!, 

 Tandjong Laut! and Benakat in Palembang, Ringgat!, Batang 

 Singalang!, Silago, Ajerbangis!, Padang!); Siak!; Riou; Banka!; 

 Borneo (Labuan, Bulangan river, Sandakan Bay, Kudat, Se- 

 bruang Valley, Santubong, Kuching, Sarawak, Sintang, Sing- 

 kawang, Pontianak river, Bandjermassin!, Balikpapan, Muara 

 Djawa!, Samarinda!); Java (Buitenzorg, Depok, Anjer, Peka- 

 longan!); Celebes (Manadol, Kema, Kandari, Macassar). — 

 Philippines; Singapore; Penang; Malay Peninsula; Lower Siam. 



Feeds on small mammals, lizards, frogs, snakes, fish. 



Nocturnal. 



