101 



No 111. in dig. Ular babi (mal.). 



Habitat: Simalur!; Nias!; Mentavvci Islands (Siberut!); 

 Sumatra (Sabang on Pulu Well!, Atjeli, Bindjey, Labuan, 

 Asahan, Mcdan!, Serdang!, Pangkalan Brandan!, Langkat, 

 Bedagei,Indragiri, Djambi!, Tandjung Laut in Palembang, Indra- 

 pura, KaJLi tanam!, Gunung sahilan!, Muara Labu, Batang 

 Singlajang!, Fort dc Kock, Agam, Kalung!, Padang!); Banka!; 

 Rioul; Borneo (Kutei, Bulangan river, Sandakan Bay, Bongon, 

 Baram river, Rejang river, Kuching, Sungei duri, Singkawang, 

 Sintang, Buntok, Balikpapan); Java (Anjer, Buitenzorg!, Mt. 

 Salak 2200 feet, Tjibodas, Wonosobo, Semarang, Salatigal, 

 Anibarawa, Surabaja); Celebes (Manado!, Macassar!). — Penang; 

 Singapore; IMalay Peninsula; Nicobars; Andanians; Burma; 

 S. China. 



Note. Bethencourt Ferreika mentions a snake from Timor 

 (Journ. So. Lisboa (2) V 1897, p. 1 13) much resembling C W(?/rt- 

 niiriis and young specimens of C. erythrurus. He gives this 

 form the name of C. Dielanurus var. tiniorieiisis. It has one or 

 two suboculars; 237 ventrals; 96 subcaudals. 



3. Coluber radiatus Schlegel. 



Coluber radiatus^ Schlegel, Phys. Seip. 1837, p. 135, pi. V, fig. 5 & 6. 

 Coluber radiatus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 61 (s. syn.). 



Rostral more broad than deep, visible from above; internasals 

 shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal as long as or shorter 

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

 parietals; loreal more long than deep; praeocular large; two 

 postoculars; temporals generally 2 + 2; eight or nine upper 

 labials, third to fifth, fourth and fifth or fourth to sixth entering 

 the eye; four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields ; latter as long as the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, 

 21 on the neck, keeled on the posterior part of the body, 

 outer rows smooth; ventrals 224 — -245, with an obtuse lateral 

 keel; anal entire; subcaudals 85 — 100. 



Yellowish-brown above, with one or two black stripes on 

 each side of the back anteriorly, the lower often broken up; 

 head with a black line across the occiput; three black lines 

 radiating from the eye. Lower surface yellow, uniform or 

 speckled with olive. Length of head and body 1280 mm.; 

 tail 330 mm. 



