45 



side of the back, alternating with single ones on the vertebral 

 line; ventrals 173 — 185; anal entire; subcaudals 128 — 147. 



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J.-FOWDes. 



Fig. 24. Xefiodt'iiiius jazauicus Reinh. X Vs- 



Dark brown above ; lower parts lighter. Length of head 

 and body 225 mm.; tail 228 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra! (Perlak in S. Atjeh); 

 Java!; Borneo (Kuching). — Penang; Malay 

 Peninsula. 



A rare species. 



4. Stoliczkaia Jerdon. 

 (Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. Bengal p. 81, 1870). 



Head distinct from neck, covered with 

 large shields; nostrils directed forwards, in 

 a single nasal; eye small or prominent; 

 pupil round or vertically elliptic; teeth almost 

 equal, small, about 14 in each maxillary. 

 Body slender, compressed, covered with 

 strongly keeled, elliptical, juxtaposed scales, 

 larger towards the ventrals ; latter well 

 developed. Tail long; subcaudals single. 



Distribution. N. E. India; Borneo. 



A single species. 



Fig. 25. Xenodermus 



javanicus Reinh. Upper 



view of head. X 4- 



I. Stoliczkaia borneensis Boulenger. 



Stoliczkaia borneensis^ Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) IV 1899, p. 452, figured 

 in Journ. Straits 15ranch. Asiat. Soc. 34 1900, pi. I, fig. 2. 



Rostral moderate, triangular, not visible from above; inter- 



