156 ON THE PHYSIOGNOMY OF SERPENTS. 



ground tint is a fine, deep blue, relieved on the sides by 

 two black rays. S. 180+140. Country, Java and Su- 

 matra. 



6. Dexbropiiis Rhodopleuron. Form more slender 

 than the preceding species. Tail very flat below ; head 

 depressed ; 17 rows of carinated scales ; posterior maxil- 

 lary teeth gi'ooved ; angles of the abdomen salient and 

 sloping ; of a pale reddish-purple, passing now into yellow, 

 then into green or brown, and variegated more or less 

 witli Ijlack ; below verging on yellow ; the middle line of 

 the under part of the tail marked by a black ray. S. 

 210 + 174. From the Island of Amboina. 



7. Dendropuis ornata. Form a little less thin than 

 ordinary ; of a fine deep green, adorned on the back with 

 yellow and red marks of various figures, and variegated 

 with black, wliich occupies the edges of the scales ; head 

 with several yellow bands ; angles of the abdomen extreme- 

 ly salient and sloping ; 17 I'ows of smooth scales. S. 

 200+113. From Bengal and Ceylon to Sumatra and 

 Java. 



8. Dendrophis PRyEORNATA. From Senegal. Allied 

 to the last ; but it has the abdomen almost convex, and the 

 body less thick ; citron-yellow, relieved on the back by 

 three black rays, which are replaced on the neck and head 

 by transverse bands and spots ; below, greyish-purple ; 

 sides of the abdomen marked by a series of dark specks, 

 S. 178 + 125. 



9. Dendrophis smaragdina. Colour of a uniform 

 brilliant green; 15 rows of scales, strongly carinated; 

 angles of the abdomen very salient ; posterior maxillary 

 teeth very long. S. 165 + 133. Inhabits the Gold 

 Coast. 



1 0. Dendrophis colubrina. An anomalous species from 

 the Cape of Good Hope, which recalls, by its lengthened 

 but very vigorous form, the Herpetodryas, or even the 

 Dipsas ; head very thick, with aggregated plates, of which 

 the anterior frontals are small ; eye very large ; a posterior 

 maxillary tooth, long and grooved ; 21 rows of scales 

 strongly carinated ; lung with an accessory lobe ; greenish- 

 brown, or deep olive ; below gi^eenish-yeUow. S. 189 + 1 13. 



