NOTES ON SNAKES COLLECTED IN CANNANORE. 



309 



Q 



x 

 8 



60 



a 





o 



REilARES. 



22 specimens in November of which I record the following : — 



12-11-03. 

 12-11-03. 

 14-11-03. 



17-11-03 

 20-11-03. 



21-11-03. 

 22-11-03. 



23-11-03. 

 25-11-03. 



1-12-03. 



5-12-03. 

 10-12 03. 

 16-12-03. 

 20-12-03 

 20-12-03. 



28- 1-04. 



29- 1-04. 

 29- 1-04. 



21- 4-04. 

 27- 4-04. 

 29- 4-04 



27- 5-04. 

 18- 6-04 



21- 6-04. 



1 1- 7-04. 



29- 7-04. 



30- 7-04. 



9 

 $ 



9 

 9 



9 



9 

 9 



9 



9 



I 



$ 

 9 



3' 3£" 

 3' 6£" 

 5' W 



5' li" 

 4' 4f 



• •• 



1'5" 

 1' 6|" 

 3' U" 



• •• 



4'"oV 



3' 8f 



5' 0£" 

 4' 9i" 



5' 33" 

 1' 8" 

 6' Of 



4' 4.]" 

 2' 8" 



2' 6^" 



1' 4" J179 

 1' 3*" 176 



1' 11^" 176 



r 9r 



1' 9f 



7'i" 

 1'3" 



169 

 170 



171 



174 

 144 

 140 



118? 



Temporals 2. 

 Temporals 2 on left side. 



Suboculars 2. 



1' 6" 



1' 9 j" 

 1' 8f" 



1' llf" 



2' 11" 



l'lOi" ... 

 1' 01" 177 



170 



145 



10|" 



2' 9 A" 1' 1£" 



4' 10" 1' 9f" 



2' H" 



lOf" 



171 



169 

 175 



174 



166 

 147 



167 

 149 



137 



ventral divid- 



Tail incomplete. 



Tail incomplete. Last 



ed. Temporals 2. 

 3rd and 4th labials confluent. 

 Labials 8, the 4th and 5th touching the 



eye, no subocular, 1 postocular. 

 I believe a hatchling. 

 Do. 



Labials 9, the 6th only touching the 

 eye. 



Last ventral divided. 



Contained a lizard (Caloles versicolor). 

 1 specimen in February, 2 specimens 

 in March, 5 specimens in April. 



Last ventral divided. Labials 7, the 

 4th only touching the eye on the right 

 side. 



5 specimens in May. 



Last ventral divided. Labials 9, the 6th 

 only touching the eye on the right 

 side. 



Anterior chins touch 4 infralabials only. 

 Navel involves 4 ventrals and 9 

 tervene between it and the anal. 



in- 



Anterior chins tonch 4 infralabials only. 

 2 suboculars. Contained a gecko. 



Labials 9, the 6th only touching the eye 

 on the left side. Captured in act of 

 swallowing a loriquet {Loriculus ver- 

 nalis). Contained 7 eggs, the largest 

 \%' with no trace of embryo. 



The scales 

 the head 15 ; 



show some variation posteriorly. 2 heads lengths behind 

 midbody 15 ; 2 beads lengths in front of vent 11 or 9. 



