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I. Scales in 15 rows S- ^- foimosus p. 64. 



II. Scales in 13 rows. 



a. Three postoculars 6. Z>. gastrosticliis p. 64. 



b. Two postoculars. 



1. Frontal as long as its distance from the 

 tip of the snout, as long as or a little 

 shorter than the parietals ; upper lip yellow; 



subcaudals 13 1 — 159 7. £>. lincolatus p. 65. 



2. Frontal as long as its distance from the 

 tip of the snout, much shorter than the 

 parietals; upper lip white, sharply limited 



above by a black line; subcaudals 137 — 147. 8. D. inecki p. 66. 



3. Frontal much longer than its distance from 

 the tip of the snout, slightly shorter than 

 the parietals; upper labials yellowish- white, 

 with a dark band behind the eye ; sub- 

 caudals 160 — 168 9. Z). iiouhuysi p. 66. 



I. Dendrophis pictus (Gmel.). 



Coluber pictus^ Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I 178S, p. 11 16. 

 Dendrophis pictus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 78 (s. syn.). 



Maxillary teeth 23 — 26; eye as long as its distance from 

 the nostril. Rostral more broad than deep, visible from above; 

 internasals as long as or slightly shorter than the praefrontals; 

 frontal as long as its distance from the rostral or the tip of 

 the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal long; one prae- 

 and two postoculars; temporals 2 + 2, i + i or i + 2; nine 

 (seven or eight) upper labials, fifth and sixth or fourth to sixth 

 entering the eye ; five (four) lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields ; latter shorter than the posterior, which 

 are separated by one anterior and two posterior scales. Scales 

 in 15 rows, vertebrals about as large as the outer; ventrals 

 151 — 204; anal divided; subcaudals 103 — 174. 



Olive or brown above ; a yellow lateral stripe, bordered below 

 by a dark line between the outer scales and the ventrals; a 

 black stripe on each side of the head passing through the eye 

 and widening or broken up into spots, separated by bluish- 

 green bands on the nape; upper lip yellow. Lower surface 

 yellowish or greenish. Length of head and body 740 mm. ; 

 tail 440 mm. 



Nom. indig. Ular tambang (mal.); telampar (jav.); duwata 

 and ule lewora (Toradja-names). 



