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Brown or black above, iridescent, uniform or with alternating 

 light transverse bands, sometimes an orange collar. Lower 

 surface white, with transverse black spots or bands or black 

 with white transverse bands; lower part of tail bright vermilion. 

 Total length 825 mm. 



Nom. in dig. Ular kapala dua (mal.) ; ular gelenggang ; oraj 

 teropong (sund.) ; majara (Toradja-name). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Labuan, Medan I, Langkat, Stabat, 

 Assahan, Bedagei, Indragiri, Padang, Kertadjaja, Benakat, 

 Lematang ilir in Palembang); Banka ! ; Riou ; Java (Batavia, 

 Buitenzorg, Sukabumi !, Kagok in Tegal !, Pekalongan !, Sema- 

 rang!, Ambarawa, Kediri !, Ngawi, Tengger Mts. 1200 M., 

 Surabaia!); Borneo (Baram river, Rejang river, Sadong, Kuching, 

 Buntok, Barito river, Mt. Dulit, Singkawang, Sintang, Landak I, 

 Balikpapan, Bandjermassin, Pontianak); Celebes! (Manado, 

 Posso !, Matinang Mts. 3300 feet, Tomohon, Tempe !, Macassar !); 

 Sangir Islands; Batjan. — Singapore; Penang ; Malay Penin- 

 sula; Burma; Siam ; Cambodja. 



This burrowing snake is viviparous; when worried it remains 

 flat on the ground and raises its tail so that it resembles 

 the head, hence the malay name, which signifies : two-headed 

 snake; in Central Celebes it is also designed as the snake 

 with two heads. 



2. Cylindrophis lineatus Blanford. 



Cylindrophis lineatus^ Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. l88i, p. 217, pi. XX. 

 Cylindrophis lineatus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. I 1893, p. 137. 



Diameter of the eye about one third to one fourth its distance 

 from the nostril ; the distance between the eyes equals the 

 length of the snout; nasals forming a suture; frontal about as 

 large as the supraocular, a little larger than the parietals; six 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye. Scales in 21 

 rows; ventrals almost twice as large as the neighbouring scales, 

 210 — 215; anal divided; subcaudals 9 — 10. 



Dark brown or black above, iridescent, with two longitudinal 

 whitish or red bands on the back; head and tail yellowish or 

 red. Lower surface white, with alternating black transverse 

 bands; lower part of tail white. Total length 730 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Matang!, Pangkalan ampat). — Malay 

 Peninsula? '). 



i) See Boulenger, Reptiles Malay Peninsula 1912, p. 112. 



