172 



Ij. Calamaria semiannulata Bottger. 



Calamaria sciiiiannnlata^ Bottger, Katalog Rept. Senckenb. Mus. II 1898, p. 84. 



Diameter of the eye much shorter than its distance from the 

 mouth; rostral more deep than broad; frontal as long as broad, 

 about three times as broad as a supraocular, much shorter 

 than the parietals; one prae- and one postocular; five upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye; first lower labial 

 in contact with its fellow behind the mental; posterior chin- 

 shields in contact anteriorly. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 140 ; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 27. Tail ending obtusely. 



Reddish-yellow above, with 26 dark brown transverse bands 

 or broad spots, about as broad as the interspaces; the spot 

 on the nape broadest; each scale of the outer row with a 

 brown spot; head brown above, with an oblique dark brown 

 streak behind the eye and another behind the angle of the 

 mouth. Lower surface uniformly light reddish-yellow. Length of 

 head and body 175 mm.; tail 25 mm. (After BoTTGER; not 

 seen by me). 



Habitat: Borneo. 



Note. In Zoological Record 1899, Reptiles p. 22 C. picteti, 

 described by Peracca (see N°. 34 on p. 170) is regarded as 

 a C. semiannulata. As I did not see either of them I cannot make 

 out this question; so I hold both of them up as distinct species 

 because of their differences, mentioned in the descriptions: 



C.picteti'. rostral as broad as deep; six upper labials; ventrals 

 157; subcaudals 22. 



C. semiannulata : rostral more deep than broad ; five upper 

 labials; ventrals 140; subcaudals 27. 



38. Calamaria doderleini Gough. 



Calamaria Doderleini.^ Gough, Zool. Anz. XXV 1902, p. 645. 



Diameter of the eye half its distance from the mouth; rostral 

 more deep than broad; frontal as long as broad, nearly three 

 times as broad as a supraocular, shorter than the parietals; 

 one prae- and one postocular; five upper labials, third and 

 fourth entering the eye, fifth largest; first lower labial in contact 

 with its fellow behind the mental; both pairs of chin-shields 

 in contact. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 164; anal entire; sub- 

 caudals 22. Tail ending bluntly. 



