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ELAPHE MANDARINUS (Cantor) 



1840. Coluier tnandarinus Cantor, Zool. Chusan (pi. 12) (type locality, 

 Cliusan, China: type in Brit. Mus. ; Dr. Cantor collector); Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., vol. 9, 1S42 (p. 483). — Guenther, Cat. Colubr. Snakes Brit. 

 Mus., 1858, p. 91 ; Rept. Brit. India, 1864, p. 238, pi. 20, fig. H.— Boettger, 

 Offenbach. Ver. Naturk., 24-25 Ber., 1885, p. 147 (Chusan).— Boxxenger, 

 Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1894, p. 42 (Chusan) ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1899, p. 165 (Kuatun, Fukien). — Wall, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1903, p. 91.— Werxek, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., II Kl., vol. 22, pt. 2, 1903^ 

 p. 364.— Stanley, Journ. N. China Asiat.Soc, vol. 45, 1914, p. 28 (Kash- 

 ing; Ningpo; Fukien); vol. 47, 1916, p. xiv (Fukien). — Angei., Bull. 

 Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 1920, No. 2, p. 112 (Kweichow). 



1903. fColuber consi)ieinatus AVerner, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., II KL, vol. 

 22, pt. 2, p. 357 (Hankow, China) (not of Boie.) 



A young specimen (No. 64019) collected by C. H. Barlow at 

 Moh-kan-shan, Chekiang province, was the first specimen of this 

 handsome snake received by the National Museum, perfectly normal 

 in scalation and coloration and well within the known geographic 

 range of the species. Scale formula : sc. 23 ; v. 213 ; a. 2 ; subc. 20-f ; 

 1. 7 ; oc. 1-2 ; temp. 2-|-3. 



The receipt of a fine full grown male (No. 65497) from Eev. D. C. 

 Graham collected at Shin-Kai-Si, Szechwan, on August 31, 1922, 

 was therefore a distinct surprise, as it means a very great extension 

 of the range of the species. The scale formula is as follows : sc. 23 ; 

 V. 220; a. 2; subc. 70; 1. 7; oc. 1-2; temp. 2+3. With regard to 

 the temporals it is to be noted that the second row on one side in 

 both specimens is considerably disarranged by breaking up and 

 fusion. It is further to be noted that while it is doubtful whether 

 the young specimen can be said to possess even an indistinct lateral 

 ventral keel, in the adult specimen there is a very distinct, though 

 obtuse, keel, thus bringing it close to E. conspicillata, to which it is 

 undoubtedly related as first suggested by Guenther. Finally, the old 

 specimen, contrary to what is the case in the Japanese species, shows 

 the peculiar color pattern as distinct as the young specimen, except 

 that the red ground color, judging from the appearance in alcohol, 

 is much duller grayish brown, and the dorsal light lozenges are of 

 the same tint as the brownish ground color. 



LIOPELTIS MAJOR (Guenther) 



Synonymy in Herp. Japan, 1907, p. 338 to which add : 

 Cyclophis major Guenther, in Pratt's To Snows of Tibet, 1892, p. 241 



(Kiukiang). 

 Ablabes major Stanley, Journ. N. China Asiat. Soc, vol. 45, 1914, p. 27 



(Yangtse Valley; Chekiang; Fukien) ; vol. 46, 1915, p. xiii (Kuling) ; 



vol. 47, 1916, p. xiii (Mokanshan). — Gee, Journ. N. China Asiat. Soc, 



vol. 50, 1919, p. 184 (Soochow). 

 Liopeltis major Barbour, Proc. New England Zool. Club, vol. 4, Nov. 1909, 



p. 69; Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Cambridge, vol. 40, no. 4, 1912, p. 130 



(eight days journey northwest of Ichang). 



Mr. Graham has extended the known limit of the green rsnake in the 

 Yangtse valley, which previously was Ichang, by sending in three spec- 



