76 



smooth, in 19 rows (rarely 17); ventrals 125 — 150; anal divided; 

 subcaudals 65 — 90. 



Yellowish or olive-brown above, usually with black spots 

 in 5 series, the spots sometimes very large or with four black 

 stripes on the nape, five on the body; sometimes scarlet markings 

 on the sides; a black streak below the eye and another behind 

 the eye; sometimes two small black-edged yellow spots on 

 the parietals. Lower surface yellow or whitish, the shields often 



O.TTOUUes. 



I'ig- 38. Tropidonotus piscator (Schn.) X Vi- '^'^^^ view of head. 



edged with black. Length of head and body 900 mm.; tail 

 300 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra (in Palembang district I); Java (Batavia, 

 Buitenzorg!, Bantam, Depok, Ciadok, Cheribon!, Pekalongan!, 

 Garum!, Kediri!); Borneo (Landak!); Celebes (Manado, Macas- 

 sar!). — Malay Peninsula; Penang; Singapore; Andamans; 

 Burma; India; S. China; Siam. 



2. Tropidonotus picturatus Schlegel. 



Tropidonotus picturatus^ Schlegel, Phys. Scip. 1837, p. 314, pi. XIT, fig. 8 & 9. 

 Tropidonotus picturatus^ Boulengcr, Cat. Sn. I 1893, p. 215: Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Geneva (2) XVIII 1897, p. 703. 



Eye as long as its distance from the centre of the nostril; 

 rostral visible from above; internasals about as long as the 

 praefrontals; frontal longer than its distance from the tip of the 



