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three or four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields ; latter as long as or longer than the posterior. Scales 

 in 13 rows; ventrals 197 — 273; anal entire; subcaudals 15 — 33. 



Dark brown, pale greyish, reddish-brown or black above, 

 with a narrow orange or yellow vertebral line, sometimes 

 forked on the head and extending to behind the nostril; usually 

 a large triangular yellow blotch on the temporal region; a 

 black stripe along each side, divided by a narrow yellow line. 

 The yellow vertebral line sometimes bordered by dark brown, 

 pale grey or blackish lines or broken up by dark brown 

 spots; sometimes a dark vertebral band, three scales wide, 

 bordered by a pale reddish-brown streak, two scales wide ; a 

 pale brown line between the two outer rows of scales. Lower 

 surface yellow with black transverse bars, which are sometimes 

 confluent with the black of the sides ; tail pink or red below. 

 Length of head and body 535 mm.; tail 45 mm. 



Nom. indig. Ular tjabeh (mal.); tadung munggu (Landak). 



Habitat: Nias!; Sumatra (Atjeh, Labuan, Stabat, Deli!, 

 Langkat, Raja Mts., Siboga, Indragiri, Kertadjaja in Palembang, 

 Kaju tanam!, Indrapura, Agam, Padang!); Riou!; Banka!; 

 Borneo (Sandakan Bay, Kina Balu, Matang, Sintang, Pang- 

 kalan ampat, Brooketon, Rejang, Paku, Kuching, Kidi district, 

 Tegora, Busau, Simanggang, Mt. Dulit, Landak!, Labuan, 

 Tandjong); Java (Gadok, Mt. Salak, Buitenzorg!, Tjibodas!, 

 Krawang, Sukabumi!, Semarang, Salatiga!, Wonosobo, Malang!, 

 Mt. Wilis 5000 feet, Nongkodjadjar in Tengger Mts. 1300 M.!, 

 Prigan 1800 — 2300 feet); Celebes (Manado). — Singapore; 

 Penang; Malay Peninsula; Siam; Burma. 



62. Glyphodon Giinther. 



(GiJNTHER, Cat. Col. Snakes p. 210, 1858). 



Head small, not distinct from neck; eye very small; pupil 

 round or vertically elliptic; nostril between two nasals; loreal 

 absent. Maxillary teeth 2 large, grooved fangs, followed by 6 

 small, grooved teeth after an interspace; mandibular teeth 

 feebly grooved, anterior strongly enlarged. Body round, covered 

 with smooth scales without pits, in 17 rows; ventrals rounded. 

 Tail short; subcaudals in two rows. 



Distribution. Aru Islands; New Guinea; N. Australia. 



A single species. 



