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large praeocular and three or four postoculars; twelve or 

 thirteen upper labials, first two or three pitted, fifth and sixth 

 or fifth to seventh entering the eye; six posterior lower labials 

 pitted. Scales in 49 — 55 rows; ventrals 262 — 284; anal entire; 

 subcaudals 62 — 79, 



Reddish-brown above; head blackish; labials yellow with 

 black bars. Lower surface yellow. Length of head and body 

 1250 mm.; tail 200 mm.; attains a length of more than 2 M. 



Habitat: Salawatti! (type of LeiopytJion gracilis Hubr.); 

 New Guinea (Kapaor, Aroma, Rigo, Bara Bara, Inawi, Madew 

 on St. Joseph river 2 — 3000 feet). 



<~ — 5. Liasis papuanus Ptrs. & Doria. 



I.iasts papuanus^ Peters & Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva XIII 1878, p. 400, 



pi. Ill, fig. I. 

 Liasis papitafiiis^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. I 1893, p. 80. 



Rostral more broad than deep, visible from above, with a 

 shallow groove or pit on each side; internasals about one time 

 and a half as long as broad, two thirds to three fourths the 

 length of the praefrontals; praefrontals large, in a single pair; 

 frontal one time and a half as long as broad, as long as its 

 distance from the rostral; parietals large, equalling the frontal; 

 a single large loreal; praeocular large; two or three post- 

 oculars; ten or eleven upper labials, first two or three pitted, 

 fifth and sixth or sixth and seventh entering the eye; four 

 posterior lower labials pitted. Scales in 65 — 71 rows; ventrals 

 358 — 390; anal entire; subcaudals 82 — 88. 



Olive-brown above; base of scales black. Lower surface 

 yellowish. Length of head and body 1980 mm.; tail 320 mm.; 

 attains a length of i^\^ M. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Ramoi, Fak Fak!). — Ferguson 

 Island. 



3. Python Daudin. 



(Daudin, Hist. Rept. V p. 226, 1803). 



Head distinct from neck, covered with symmetrical shields 

 or small scales on the crown and with large shields on the 

 snout; nostril in a semi-divided nasal; a pair of internasals, 

 separating the nasals; rostral and anterior upper labials deeply 

 pitted; some lower labials pitted; eye with vertical pupil; 

 praemaxillary toothed; anterior teeth very long. Body a little 



