NOTES. 



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a noteworthy individual. In Mr. Haly's Report on the Reptiles, 

 &c., in the Colombo Museum (1891) .4 . copii is recorded from Dik- 

 oya and Balangoda and is said to range between 2,000 and 7,000 

 feet. 



Schedule of the Terrestrial Colubrid^ op Ceylon. 



Names. 



A. — Colubrince . 



T. Aspidura bi'achyorrhos ... B342 



ri. „ copii ... B343 



III. „ gueutheri ... B344 



IV. „ trachyprocta ... B345 



V. „ drummondhayi 'B.S.Z. 



VI. Haplocercusceylonensis B346 



VII. Lycodon striatus ... B347 



VIII. „ aulicus ... B.351 



IX. ,, carinatu.s ... B356 



X. Hydrophobus nympha ... B357 



XI. ■ „ gracilis ... B358 



XII. Polyodontophis subpunc- 



Remarks. 

 Harmless. 



^•^ 



(^ (Jeylon Hill-snakes, .sometimes 

 I brightly coloured. 



J 



tatus 



XIII. Ablabes calamaria 



XIV. Siraotes arnensis 



XV. Oligodon templetonii 



XVI. ,, subliueatus 



XVII. „ subgriseus 



XVIII. Zamenis mucosus 



XIX. ,, fasciolatus 



XX. Coluber heleiia 



B8G4 

 B367 

 B380 

 B391 

 B392 

 B394 

 B397 

 B402 

 B406 



Striated Wolf-snake, Peradeniya. 

 Bungalow Wolf-snake, " Tel- 



karawala." 

 White-ringed Wolf -snake. 

 JafPna, Anuradhapura. 

 " Ceylon." 



Collared Sand-snake. 

 Rare. 

 Black-banded snake. 



y Paucidentate Dwarf snakes. 



Rat-snake, " Garandiya." 

 Jaffna. 



Ocellated Land-snake, " Mndu- 

 karawala." 



XXI. Dendrophis pictus ... B417 ...") 



XXII. „ bifrenalis... B419 ... V Tree-snakes, "Haldanda." 



XXIII. .. caudolineatus B420 ...J 



XXIV. Tropidonotus ceylo- 



nensis .. ... B43U 



XXV. .. stolatus ... B4.34 



XXVI. 



asperrimus B1891 



XXVn. ., plumbicolor B439 



XXVTTT. Helicops schistosus B440 



B . — Dipsadince . 



XXIX. Dipsas barnesii ... B445 



XXX. ,, ceylonen.sis ... B446 



XXXI. „ forstenii ... B451 



XXXII. Dryophis mycterizans B46I 

 pulverulentus B462 



Ei 



Ceylon Ground-snake. 

 Striped Ground-snake. 



kukka." 

 Amphibious Ground-.snake, 



'• Diya-polonga.'" 

 Viperine Ground-snake. 

 Freshwater snake. 



Non -poisonous . 



Aliara- 



XXXIII 

 XXXTV. 



XXXV. 

 .XXXVI. 



Chrysopelfin ornata B4r)3 



C. — Elapinoe.. 

 Callophis trimacula- 



tus ... ... B474 



Bungarus cevlonicus B481 



Nocturnal Tree-snakes,"Maitila." 



Green Whip-snake, " EhetuUa." 

 Brown Whip-snake, " Hena- 



kandaya." 

 Florid Tree-snake, " Pol-mal- 



karawala.'' 



Poisonous. 



Dwarf Bungarum. 

 Ceylon Bungsirum, 



karawala." 

 Indian Krait (Jaffna). 

 Cobra. 



Dunu- 



XXXVII. „ coeruleus B482 



XXXVIII. Naia tripudians ... B485 



Note. — Nos. VIII. and XXV. are the commonest snakes in Ceylon ; next 

 in abundance is XXVI.. and then follow the Tree-snakes and Whip-anakea. 



