NOTES ON SOME CEYLON SNAKES. 403 
Family VIPERIDA, 
ANCISTRODON HYPNALE (Merrem). 
Hight specimens, the first six detailed below from Anasigalla, 
the last two from Vavuniya :— 












| Costals. | 
monies ieee | 
a): | 80 | 
= | ar a: 
st || Secs | 2S 
2 oe a2 3 Remarks. 
qa ; Se re Pet | Be 3B 
a iles| @iee| 2s 
es | Je) 2e| 2\BS| 2 ts 
= 4! a 28 orf iS = 2 
Sr eA pe Riis aS es 
1920. | | 
July 13 |? |292| 17) 17) 17/146] 2 | A snake (Typhlops obra- 
| minus) in a convoluted 
| mass in stomach. 
uly LON S56) Li LT ee as —_ 
July 20 | |311}° 17) 17] 17/ 145] 36 
Aug. 3 |¢ |305) a Ay eA) Ufsys 4) 22 - 
Aug. 7 |2 |400} 17) 17) 17] 149] 37 ~— 
Aug. 9 |$ [361/ 17) 17| 17] 151] 47 as 
Aug. 10 |g Pa Ne UTA ial) alee Ea) --- 
Aug. 10 |4 |345| 17) 17) 17) 152] 40) — 




The lepidosis in all these agrees in the following respects. 
There is a small boss on the snout involving from 8 to 5 scales. 
The supraoculars are as long as the parietals, and distinctly 
broader than the frontal. The second supralabial does not 
enter the loreal pit. 
In addition to the above snakes, two specimens of the 
anguine, tridactyle lizard Acontias burtoni, were included in 
the collection from Anasigalla. 

