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the preceding, but more an inhabitant of gardens and garden 
land. Very similar also in habits but less aggressive. This snake 
has to a marked extent the power of flattening its body, which it 
does when caught or excited in any way. It feeds chiefly upon 
frogs and in captivity quickly becomes tame. 
Length. Up to 1000 mm. . 
Color (in life). Above, brown, uniform or with small black 
spots arranged across the vertebral line in pairs, or eonnected form- 
ing short cross-bars. Head, olive green, with a black streak below 
the eye. For about 5 centimetres upon the neck there is a patch 
of bright vermiilion. The interstitial skin of this snake is extreme- 
Jy handsome, being arranged for the most part in a network pattern 
with the meshes alternately black and yellow. This shows up 
strongly when the snake expands its body. The young have an 
clive-grey head, with a black patch across the nape and a yellow 
eollar behind it. Identification is easy, in lite, the red colour upon 
ihe neck seeving to distinguish it at once. In spirit this mark 
disappears very rapidly. 
Habitat. YWiastern Himalayas, Burma and §S. China to the 
Malay Archipelago. 
it. Tropdonotus stolatus. 
Not previously recorded from Bangkok. Dr. Robert has a 
specimen which is said to have been caught here. ‘This little snake 
has a wide distribution in the East and is possibly more common in 
the North of Siam. ee 
12. Lycodon aulicus. 
Not very common. Found generally in the neighbourhocd of 
houses and often inside them, hiding itself away during the daytime 
in any available hole or crevice. It is a good climber and appears 
to prefer the roof to the floor. In disposition it is an active, 
excitable creature and has a most vicious temper, striking «nd biting | 
freely whenever caught, but being quite unable, on account of its 
«mal! size to do any damage. 
ood, Chiefly geckoes, but also other species of lizards. 
Length, Boulenger in his, Fauna of the Malay Peninsula gives 
the total length as 510 nm Wall states that they glow up to 750 
mm. in length, but remarks that specimens over 600 mm are rare. 
