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shorter than the parietals; loreal more deep than long; one 

 or two praeoculars; one or two postoculars; two or three sub- 

 oculars; temporals 2 + 3 or 3 + 4; seven or eight upper labials, 

 last very long; first lower labial in contact with its fellow 

 behind the mental; three pair of large chin-shields, more broad 

 than long. Scales in i 5 rows, three median rows enlarged and 

 feebly keeled; ventrals 161 — 189; anal entire; subcaudals 53 — 80. 

 Yellow or reddish-brown above, with black transverse spots 

 or medially interrupted transverse bars; a black line on each 

 side behind the eye, confluent with an X-shaped spot on the 



Fig. 113. Amblycephalus caritiatus Boie. Nat. size. Chin-shields. X 3- 



nape; an oblique black line from below the eye to the anterior 

 border of the last upper labial. Lower surface yellow, dotted 

 with black or with black lines or a median black line. Length 

 of head and body 385 mm.; tail 115 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Langkat, Medan!); Borneo (Labuan, 

 Singkawang, Samarinda!, Bandjermassin); Java (Batavia!, Buiten- 

 zorg!, Depok, Tjibodas, Mt. Pangerango 4500 feet, Sukabumi, 

 Salatiga!, Malang!, Mt. Willis, Tengger Mts. 1200 M., Prigan 

 1800 — 2300 feet). — Burma; Cochin China; Siam. 



