TRIMERESURUS ANAMALLENSIS. 



The description of this snake by Gunther is as follows : — " The 

 second upper labial shield forms the front part of the facial pit, gene- 

 rally a small shield between the supra-nasals. Scales on the head and 

 on the body more or less distinctly keeled, in twenty-one series. 

 Ventrals, 148-158 ; sub-caudals, 51-55. Ground colour generally 

 yellowish green, with a dorsal series of large rhombic black spots, each 

 spot subdivided by or variegated with yellow. Upper side of the head 

 marbled with black in adult specimens, uniform greenish in young ones ; 

 a black or brown band runs from the back edge of the eye to the angle 

 of the. mouth; supra-ciliary, with one or two black cross streaks. Belly 

 yellowish green, with numerous yellow and green spots along its side. 

 Tail black, with yellow and green spots. Young specimens may be 

 recognised by the dark temple streak ; but nearly all the other markings 

 are very indistinct, and the ground colour is a reddish olive ; tail with 

 white extremity. 



"A specimen received with others from the same locality has a 

 brownish purple ground colour, with a dorsal series of brown spots ; 

 belly marbled with purple ; tail black, with irregular greenish rings, and 

 with some indistinct small yellowish spots. This specimen also has the 

 supra- ciliary divided into two ; but, nevertheless, we consider it merely 

 a variety of about a dozen specimens from the Anamally Mountains ; 

 the largest is twenty-four inches long, tail measuring three and a half 

 inches." 



Of three specimens forwarded by Dr. Shortt, of Madras, to Sir 

 Joseph Fayrer, one was nineteen inches long, one inch and three-quarters 

 in girth, tail measuring two inches and three-quarters ; a second 

 was twenty-seven inches long, and two inches and three-quarters in 

 girth, tail being three inches and a half; whilst a third one, which had 



