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COLUBRID^. 



433. Tropidonotus monticola. 



Ti'opiclonotus monticola, Jerdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 530; 

 Gihdh. Bept. B. I. p. 267; Theoh. Cat. p. 178. 



Eye large, its diameter more than its distance from the nostril ; 

 rostral just visible from above : suture between the internasals 

 shorter than that between the prsefrontals ; frontal considerably 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, as long as the 

 pariotals ; loi-eal as long as deep, or deeper than long ; one pra3- 

 ocular; three postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 ; upper labials 8, third, 

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

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

 Scales in 19 rows, strougly keeled, the oiiter row smooth or feebly 

 keeled. Ventrals 134-142 ; anal divided; subcaudals 80-02. Green 

 above, with black cross bands divided on each side by a pale spot ; 

 a white line across the head behind the eyes and a white dot on 

 each side of the frontal ; prse- and postoculars and labials 3 to 6, 

 white ; lower parts \\ hite. 



Total length 18 inches ; tail 5-5. 



H((h. South Canara, Wyuaad, Anaimalai Hills. 



Fig. 101. — Trcqridonofus sfclatttg. 



434. Tropidonotus stolatus. 



Bussell, Ind. Serp. i, pi. x, and ii, pis. xv b & xix. 



Coluber .stolatus, Linu. Si/sf. Nat. i, p. 379. 



Tj'opidoaotus stolatus, Jt'oie, Isis, 1827, p. 535; Sehlcy. Bliy.^. Sorp. 



ii, p. 317 ; Cantor, J. A. *S'. B. xvi, 1847, p. 9-37 ; Giinth. Rept. 



B.I. p. 2(50; Tlieob. Cat. p. 177; A?id('r.'<. An. Zool. Bes. Yinman, 



p. 81G ; Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 379. 

 Amphiesma stolatum, Dinn. ^' Blhr. Erf. (!ni. vii. p. 727. 



