50 



(240 to 260), interrupted on the belly by a very narrow interspace. 

 Dark olive-brown, a little lighter beneath ; lips and end of snout 

 yellowish. Total length 230 mm. The characters of this species are 

 described by Colonel Beddome (I.e.) as : " Body short, total length 5| 

 inches, as thick as a goose's quill, terminating in a pointed tail, which 

 is prolonged to about one-seventh of an inch beyond the vent ; body 

 and tail surrounded by 238 folds, almost every one of which meet under 

 the belly ; snout flattened and shelving downwards, sub-nasal grooves 

 at the edge of the flattened snout below, but rather in front of the 

 nasals. 



Malabar, rare, a much smaller species than the common C. oxyura, 

 and differing in its snout and the annular rings," 



Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar, 



