REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS FROM PENINSULAR SIAM. 171 



Length, 77 mm. 



'J'',). IrTIlYol'iiis (;i,L'Tlx<isus (Liiiii.). 



Klong Bang Lai, Patiyu, 15 specimens. 



Apparently common in tliis neighbourhootl, being foiiiid in tlie 

 earth along tiie banks of the stream. Bouloiiger records it as a hill 

 species, and apparently not common anywhere, but its burrowing 

 habits probibl}'' tend to make it appear less numerous than it really 

 is. In Bangkok it is not uncommon. Throughout the rain?:, and 

 particularly- after a stormy' night, I seldom fail to see one or more 

 of these creatures lying in the road, having been killed under the 

 impression that it was a snake. A friend of mine once undertook to 

 get one of these creatures for every square metre of earth dug up in his 

 grounds, ciioosing the land by the side of water. Only four metres 

 were dug, but hve specimens were obtained. 



VOL. II, DEC. I'JU;, 



