5 



Quincunciatus (Piscator'*^), Stolatus, Ceylonensis 

 and Plumbicolor. 



On the other hand, there are many species of 

 Earth-snake pecuHar to Ceylon. These snakes are 

 very numerous in the mountain districts, and 

 probably many varieties have still to be recorded. 



The Gongylophis Conicus has not as yet been 

 found in Ceylon, though its existence in the 

 northern portion of the island is quite probable. 

 The Echis Carinata is to be found in the north, 

 though it is very rare. 



List of Snakes found in Ceylon. 



I. Typhlopidae. 



I 



1 Typhlops Mirus 



2 ,, Braminus 

 II. Boidae. 



2 



3 Python Molurus 



III. Ilysiidae. 



3 



4 Cylindrophis Maculatus 



IV. Uropeltidae. 



4 



5 Uropeltis Grandis 



5 



6 Rhinophis Oxyrhynchus 



7 ,, Punctatus 



8 ,, Planiceps 



9 ,, Blythii 



6 



10 Silybura Melanogaster 

 V. Colubridae. 



(Aglypha) Sub-Family Coltibrinae, 



7 



11 Aspidura Brachyorrhos 



"*The Ceylon variety of this snake is now known as Tropidonotus 



Asperrimus. 



