210 AMBLTCEPHALID^, 



pai'ietals ; supraocular small ; prsefroutal aud loreal entering the 

 eye; no praeocular; two postoeulars ; temporals 2+2, the two 

 upper sometimes fused ; 7 upper labials, third and fourtli entering 

 the eye, seventh large ; symphysial in contact with a small azygous 

 shield ; second or third lower labial very large, usually in contact 

 with its fellow ; two pairs of large chin-shields, broader than 

 long. Scales in 15 rows, smooth, the tbree median rows a little 

 enlarged. Ventrals 154-170 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 26-55. 

 Yellowish or pale brown above, with rather irregular dark brown 

 cross-bars, which are interrupted on the spine ; vertebral scales 

 yellowish ; head sometimes whitish ; sides aud lower surface of 

 neck black ; belly whitish, uniform or speckled with dark 

 brown. 



Total length 440 millim. ; tail 50. 



Originally described from ' Malacca ' (read Malay Peninsula). 

 Since found in Sumatra and Borneo. 



230. Amblycephalus vertebralis. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) v, p. 307 (1900). 



Eostral slightly broader than deep ; frontal slightly longer than 

 broad, much longer than its distance from the end of the snout^ 

 a little shorter than tlie parietals ; prsefrontal and loreal entering 

 the eye; no prteocular ; two postoeulars; temporals 2-|-2; 7 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye, seventh very 

 long ; first lower labial narrow, forming a suture with its fellow 

 behind the symphysial ; second lower labial in contact with an 

 azygous chin-shield ; 3 pairs of large chin-shields, followed by a 

 very large azygous one, all broader than long. Body strongly 

 compressed, keeled above. Scales in 15 rows, smooth, vertebrals 

 strongly enlarged. Ventrals 183-194 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 

 56-63. Eeddish brown above, with small dark brown spots and 

 ill-defined dark cross-bands ; an interrupted yellow vertebral line, 

 formed by a small spot on each median scale ; labials and chin- 

 shields yellowish, edged with dark brown ; belly yellowish, with 

 some brown spots on the sides. 



Total length 460 millim. 



Described from a single specimen obtained by Mr. L. Wray on 

 Maxwell's Hill, Larut, Perak, at an altitude of 3000 feet. Speci- 

 mens were also obtained by JNIr. A. L. Butler in the same locality, 

 aud are now in the Selangor Museum. 



281. Amblycephahis moellendorffi. 



rareas carinata, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 326 (1864). 

 Parens moellendorffii, Boettg. Ber. Ofleub. V'er. 1885, p. 125. 

 Amblycephalus moellendorffii, Bouleng. Cat. Sn. iii, p. 443 (1896) ; 



Lai'dlaw, P. Z. S. 1901, ii, p. 581 ; Bouleng. Fascic. Malay.^ 



Zool. i, p. 170 (1903). 



