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of the nostril; rostral just visible from above; internasals broadly 

 truncate anteriorly, as long as the praefrontals; frontal longer 

 than its distance from the tip of the snout, shorter than the 

 parietals; loreal more deep than long; two prae- and three 

 postoculars; temporals i + 2; eight upper labials, fourth and 

 fifth or third to fifth entering the eye; five lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields; latter shorter than the 

 posterior. Scales strongly keeled, in 15 rows; ventrals 162 — 165; 

 anal divided; subcaudals 72. 



Blackish-brown above, with yellow transverse bands on the 

 anterior part of the body; posterior part of body with dark 

 longitudinal lines, the vertebral line broadest; head and neck 

 blackish; upper lip yellow, bordered above by a dark brown 

 line; fourth, fifth and sixth labials with a dark brown spot 

 near the border of the mouth; outer row of scales along the 

 neck yellowish. Lower surface yellowish anteriorly, ventrals 

 with blackish outer ends and black spots, posteriorly blackish 

 with yellowish outer borders. Length of head and body 621 mm.; 

 tail 219 mm. 



Habitat: Ceram !. 



10. Tropidonotus punctiventris B(")ttger. 



Tropidonotus punctiventris^ Bottger, Zool. Anz. XVIII 1895, p. 129; Abli. 



Senckenb. Ges. XXV 1900, p. 353, Taf. XV, fig. 6. 

 Tropidonotus punctiventris^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Ill 1896, p. 602. 



Eye large, as large as its distance from the anterior border 

 of the nostril; rostral just visible from above; internasals broadly 

 truncate anteriorly, their suture as long as the suture between 

 the praefrontals; frontal slightly longer than its distance from 

 the tip of the snout, much shorter than the parietals; loreal 

 more deep than long; two prae- and three postoculars; tem- 

 porals 2-f 3; nine upper labials, fourth to sixth entering the 

 eye, seventh largest; five lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields; latter about half as large as the posterior. 

 Scales in 15 rows, all strongly keeled; ventrals 162; anal 

 divided; subcaudals 74. 



Dark olive-grey above, with indistinct black spots or light 

 network, the keels, especially on the sides of the tail lighter; 

 two white, black-edged spots on the parietal region ; lips white, 

 the sutures between the four anterior labials black. Lower surface 



In DO-AUSTRALIAN REPTILES II. 6 



