338 COLUBBID-^. 



vii, p. 197 ; Giintli. Rept. B. I. p. 297 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. 



xxxix, 1870, p. 193 ; Jan, Icon. Ophid. 32, pi. i ; Theob. Cat. p. 190. 

 Abpetula bellii, Gray, III. Ind. Zool. ii, pi. Ixxx, fig. 2. 

 Dendrophis boii, Cantor, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 53. 

 Leptophis pictus, Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 930. 

 Dendrophis picta, var. audamaueusis, Anders. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 184. 

 Dendrophis picta, part., Anders. An. Zool. Pes. Yunnan, p. 824. 



Eye as long as its distance from the nostril. Eostral broader 

 thaii long, visible from above, npper border forming an obtuse 

 angle; suture between the iuternasals as long as that between 

 the prajfrontals or a little longer ; frontal as long as its distance 

 from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals or shorter ; 

 loreal elongate ; one prseocular ; two or three postoculars ; tem- 

 porals 2 + 2; 9 or 10 upper labials (rarely 8), fifth and sixth, or 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth, entering the eye ; 5 lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. 

 Scales in 15 rows, vertebrals at least as large as outer row. Yen- 

 trals 167-205 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 110-150. Olive or bronze 

 brown above, sometimes with a yellow vertebral band on the front 

 part of the trunk ; outer row of scales yellowish, between two 

 more or less marked dark streaks ; a black streak on each side of the 

 head passing through the eye ; upper lip yellow ; lower parts uniform 

 yellowish or pale greenish. 



Total length 4 feet ; tail 14 inches. 



Hah. A widely distributed species, extending from Peninsular 

 India and Ceylon through Bengal, Burma, and Siam to the Malay 

 Peninsula and Archipelago. 



41b. Dendrophis subocularis. 



Dendrophis picta, part., Anders. An. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 824. 

 Dendrophis subocularis, Boulenq. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) vi, 1888, 

 p. COO, pi. vi, fig. 2. 



Differs from D. pictus in having only 8 upper labials, of which 

 the fifth is the largest and alone borders the eye ; in the scales of 

 the vertebral row being but very feebly enlarged and smaller than 

 those of the outer row ; and in the smaller number of caudals. 

 Yentrals 107-177 ; subcaudals 74-105. 



Hah. Bhjimo, Upper Burma. 



419. DendropMs bifrenalis. 



Dendrophis picta, var. c, Giinth. Cat. Col. >Sn. p. 149. 



Head more elongate than in B. iiictus ; parietals longer than the 

 frontal ; two loreals ; 9 upper labials, fifth and sixth entering the 

 eye. Scales in 15 rows, vertebrals larger than outer row. Yen- 

 trals 154-171 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 144-155. Coloration 

 like D. pictus, but the whole side of the ventrals above the later al 

 ketd dark olive like the back. 



Total length 3 feet 3 iuch(?s ; tail 14-5 inches. 



Hah. Ceylon. Three specimens are in the British Museum. 



