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THE SNAKES OF BANGKOK. 
By 
MALCOLM SMITH, M.R.c.S., L.R.C.P. 
14. Dryocalamus davisonii. 
Hydrophobus davisonu. Blgr. Faun. Ind., Rept. 
I have seen two specimens of this slender and very handsome 
snake, both from Sapatoom. One of them was found climbing up the 
wall of Dr. Frankfurter’s house, and the other was killed in an adjoining 
garden. 
Dr. Frankfurter’s specimen, caught in July, contained 4 eggs, 
without signs of any embryo. They were narrow and of great length. 
One, shrunk by spirit, measured 19 x 7 mm. 
Color (in life). White, with large elongated black spots, each 
one extending over the back and on to the sides. Posteriorly these 
spots become much smaller and are broken up. 
Length. 700 mm. 
Distribution, Tenasserim, Siam and Indo-China. 
15. *Zamenis mucosus. The Common Pat Snake. 
Siamese, giywimgiy (gu hao tatan). 
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A fairly common snake and may be found almost anywhere ; 
frequenting the padi-fields, the compounds in close proximity to the 
town, and occasionally entering go-downs and out-houses. It may be 
seen moving about at all hours of the day, and is, I believe, chiefly 
diurnal in its habits. 
Amongst those who have but a slight knowledge of snakes, 
this species, and less often the succeeding one, are not infrequently 
confounded with the Cobra. There is some justification for this 
* Major Wall, in the last number of the Journal of the Dombay Natural 
History Society, brings forward strong evidence to show that this snake should 
in future be placed in the genus Zaocys. 
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