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420. Dendi'ophis caudolineolatus. 



Deudrophis caudolineolatus, Giinth. P. Z. S. 18G9, ]). oOG, pi. xl, fig. 1. 

 Dendrophis gregorii, Mali/, Taprobanian, \\i, 1888, p. 51. 



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

 than long, visible from above, upper border forming an obtuse 

 angle; suture between the internasals a little shorter thau that 

 between the praefi'ontals ; frontal longer than its distance from the 

 end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal elongate ; one 

 pra}ocular ; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 or 2 + 1; 8 or 9 

 upper labials, fourth and fifth, or fifth and sixth, entering the e^^e; 

 4 or 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which 

 are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows, vertebrals as 

 large as outer row. Venti'als 149-161 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 

 124-128. Bronzy olive above, anteriorly with oblique narrow 

 black streaks ; tail with four more or less distinct black lines, one 

 above, one along the iunt-r edges of the subcaudals, and one on 

 each side ; a black temporal streak ; lower surfaces greenish white. 



Total length 2 feet 1 inch ; tail 9 inches. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



Genus DENDREL APHIS. 



Maxillary teeth 18 to 20, anterior longest; anterior mandibular 

 teeth longest. Head distinct from neck, elongate ; eye large, with 

 round pupil ; head-shields normal. Body elongate, feebly com- 

 pressed; scales smooth, in 13 rows, disposed obliquely, with apical 

 pits ; ventrals with suture-like lateral keel, and a notch on each 

 side corresponding to the keel ; subcaudals in two rows. 



The type species occurs in Southern India and the Malay Penin- 

 sula and Archipelago. A second species is from the Philippines, 

 D. terrijicus, Peters (D, philij^jnnensis, Grthr.). 



Of mixed arboreal and terrestrial habits. 



421. Deudrelaphis caudolineatus. 



Ahajtula caudoliueata, Gray, III. Ind, Zool. ii, pi. Ixxxi. 

 Leptopliis caudalineatus, Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 932. 

 Dendrophis octoliueata, Dum. ^' Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii, p. 201 ; Jan, 



Icon. Opliicl. 32, pi. ii, fig. 1. 

 Dendrophis caudolineata, Giinth. liept. B. I. p. 297; Stoliczka,J. A. 



S. B. xxxix, 1870, p. 194, A: xlii, 1873, p. 123. 



Snout scarcely longer than the eye. liostral a little broader 

 than deep, visible from above ; suture between the internasals as 

 long as or a little shorter thau that between the prafroutals ; frontal 

 longer thau its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter 

 thau the parietals ; loreal elongate ; one pra3- and two postoculars ; 

 temporals 2 + 2; 9 upper labials, fifth and sixth entering the eye; 

 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 

 shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 176 - 



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