16* DR. MALCOLM SMITH ON 



suggestion that tliis species would be found to be a liigbland form is 

 not supported by its distribution in Siam. 



83. AKCisTKODO>f KHODOSTOMA ( Boie ). 



Suiith, Jomn. Nat Hist. Sue. Bombay, XXIII. \k 7^8. 



Klong Wang Hip, Nakon Sitamarat ; Bangiiara, Patani. 



Mr. Aagard tolls me this snake is one of the commonest upon 

 the estate. It is so numerous lie says, that on some occasions, when 

 weeding, the coolies have killed as many as eight or ten in the course 

 of a day. It is much feared by them on account of its sluggish 

 habits, as it will not move out of the way wlien disturbed, and if 

 approached too closely, bites readilj'. From the accounts which he 

 has given me of men who have been bitten, I gather that the poison is 

 entirelj' local, and very similar in its action to that of iMchesis 

 gramineus. It is perhaps somewhat more powerful, for whereas in 

 many cases of bite from the latter, the symptoms are so trivial as not 

 to require any treatment, in all the cases quoted by Mr. Aagaard, 

 there has been considerable pain and swelling for some days after- 

 wards. 



The largest specimen I know of is one he obtained, a female, 



measuring 920 mm. in total length. 



84. Lachesis WAGLEiu (Boie). 

 Bangnara, Patani, 1 specimen, 



I have not heard of this snake being found further North. 



85. Lachesis hramineus Shaw. 



Bangnara, Patani. 



batrachians. 



Ranid.e. 



1. OxYGLossis LIMA (Gniveiih.) 

 Klong Wang Hip, Nakon Sitamarat. 



2. ( )XYGLOSSIS J.AEVIS MARTEXSl PettTS. 



Klong Wang Hip, Nakon Sitamarat, 1 specimen ; Maprit and 

 Klong Bang Lai, Patiyu, 4 specimens; Bangnara, I'atani, '1 speci- 

 mens. 



The reasons for considering the continental form of this Irog 

 to be entitled to rank as a distinct race from the Archipelagic one, 

 liave been given elsewhere in this number of the .Journal. 



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