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bright yellow, with two dotted streaks of n^ldisli lirowii alonp; the sides. The head 

 is short and lips swollen, and the snake is very venomous-looking. Grows to 21 inches. 

 Inhabits Pegu and Teuasserini. 



FamiJij Dendrophidse. 



Form oorapressed, elongate or slender. Head narrow, distinct. Snout obtuse. 

 Eye moderate or hirge, with round jiupil. Scales narrow, imbricate. Ventrals keeled. 



GoNYOsoMA, Wuijler. 



G. oxTCEPHAirM, Boie. 



Scales smooth, in 25 rows. Loreal very elongate. 1 1 upper labials, the fifth 

 nnd sixth or si.xth and seventh entering the orbit. Colour uniform grass green, paler 

 below. A dark loreal streak. Grows to 90 inches. 



Inhabits Tenasserim, the Andamans, etc. 



Dendkophis, Boie. 



D. PICTTJS, Giinther. 



Form slender. Eye largo. Scales smooth, in 13 or 15 rows. The vertebral 

 scries enlarged, the other scal(>s narrow. Colour above bronze-brown, with a black- 

 edged yellow band along either side. Belly yellowish or white. Grows to 48 inches. 



Inhabits Assam, Pegu, the Andamans, etc. 



Chetsopelea, Boie. 



C. OKNATA, Shaw. 



Scales smooth, in 17 rows. Ycrtebrals enlarged and ventral scutes keeled, 

 almost trifid. Colour black, with bright gamboge spots. Sometimes a red tinge on 

 the back or a series of red rosettes. Grows to 53 inches. 



Inhabits Assam, Pegu, and Tenasserim. 



Faiiiihj Dryiophidse. 



Form very slender. Snout ]iointed. A single nasal sliield. Scales narrow, im- 

 bricate, in 15 to 17 rows. Pupil horizontal. 



Teagops, Wagler. 

 T. PEASLNUS, Eein. 



Scales smooth, in 15 rows. Nasal single, pierced by the nostril posteriorly. 

 1 to 3 loreals. 9 upper labials, the fourth, fifth and sixth enter the orbit. Colour 

 light green, sometimes yellowish or brown or pale grey. A white or yellow line runs 

 along the edge of the belly. Skin checjucred with white and black bars. Grows to 

 71 inches. 



Inhabits Arakan, Pegu, and Tenasserim. 



T. FEONTiciNCTUs, Giintlicr. 



Scales keeled, in 15 rows. Nasal very elongate, and separates the rostral from 

 the prcefruntals. 2 loreals. 7 or 8 upper labials, the sixth under the orljit, and some 

 of the anterior ones horizontally divided. Colour green, or brown with a black lino 

 mai'gined with wliite or yellow along the edge of the belly. Grows to 3G inches. 



Inhabits mangrove swamps on the Arakan coast. 



T. Javanicus, Stein. 



Closely resembles T. prasinns, but the anterior upper labials are smaller, and the 

 fifth and sixth only enter the orbit. Colour green, with four longitudinal white stripes 

 on the belly. 



Inhabits Java and Pegu. 



Passerita, Grai/. 



P. MYCTKIUZANS, L. 



Scales smooth, in 15 rows. Loreal none, replaced by the frontal, which is bent 

 down to meet the labials. Snout long and pointed, and ending in a flexible appendage. 



