THE SNAKES OF BANGKOK. 
BY 
MALCOLM SMITH, M.R.cS:, L.R.C.P. 
Subfamily. DIPSADOMORPHIN 2. 
30. Dipsadomorphus multimaculatus. 
Siamese 4 19 (ngu siny) 2 
A rare shes in Bangkok. Mr. Tatner tells me that several 
years ago, when the grass was being cut at the Sports Club, a small 
patch remained which the men were afraid to enter owing to some 
very fierce snakes which they said were in it. He went out with the 
men, and as the cutting was completed and the snakes driven forth, 
killed no less than 13 of this species. I have never seen any other 
specimens from Bangkok. 
This snake bears a superficial resemblance to Russeli’s Viper, 
and at a casual glance might be mistaken for it. Russell’s Viper, 
however, is a much heavier snake, and the spots are larger, more 
distinct, and somewhat differently arranged. In lepidosis the two 
species are entirely different. 
Length. The largest specimen I have seen came from Sanam 
Cheng and measured 890 mm. in total length. It appears to be longer 
than any previously recorded. 
Color. Light brown or greyish brown above, with two series of 
roundish dark brown dorso-lateral spots, and a series of smaller spots 
or short cross bands on either flank. These spots are usually paler in 
the centre, and are edged with white. Below, whitish or yellowish; 
spotted and speckled with pale brown. Head with a blunt A- shaped 
mark above, and with a dark band from the eye to the angle of the 
mouth. 
Distribution. From Southern China and Burma to the Malay 
Peninsula and Archipelago. 
