84 COLUBRID. 
5. Dendrophis grandoculis. (Prater IV. fig. 2.) 
Dendrophis grandoculis, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 837 (1890). 
Maxillary teeth 30 to 32. Eye extremely large, as long as its dis- 
tance from the rostral or the anterior border of the nostril. Rostral 
much broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals as 
long as or a little longer than the preefrontals ; frontal once and a 
half to once and two thirds as long as broad, as long as its distance 
from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal elongate ; 
one pre- and two postoculars ; temporals 2+ 2 or1+2; nine upper 
labials, fourth, fifth and sixth entering the eye; five lower labials 
in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than 
the posterior. Scales in 15 rows, vertebrals not quite as large as 
the outer, scarcely enlarged on the anterior part of the body. 
Ventrals 174-188 ; anal divided; subcaudals 117-124. Brown or 
olive-brown above, with irregular small black blotches ; eye bordered 
with whitish ; no lateral stripes; sides of neck sometimes tinged 
with vermilion ; lower paris pale olive, with or without small black 
spots on the sides; three black lines along the tail, one on each side 
and one below. 
Total length 1200 millim.; tail 370. 
Hills of Southern India. 
a. 9 (V.176; C.117). Tinnevelly hills, 2000-) 
3000 feet. 
b. Head only. Coonoor Ghat, Wynad, Col, Beddoes 1. 
2500 feet. (Types.) 
6 (V.174; C.117). Travancore. J 
d. 2 (V.188; C. 124). Peermad, Travancore, H.S. Ferguson, Esq. 
3300 feet. [Poh 
6. Dendrophis formosus. 
Dendrophis formosa, Bore, Isis, 1827, p. 542 ; Schileg. Phys. Serp. ii. 
p. 282, pl. ix. figs. 8 & 4 (1837) ; Dum. Ay Bibr, vii. p. 199 (1854) ; 
Giinth. Cat. p- 150 (1858). 
Maxillary teeth 28 to 31. Lye very large, as long as its distance 
from the rostral or the anterior border of the nostril. Rostral twice 
as broad as deep, just visible from above ; internasals a little longer 
than the prefrontals ; frontal once and one third to once anda half 
as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, 
as long as the parietals ; loreal elongate ; one pre- and two to four 
(usually three) postoculars; temporals 2+2; nine upper labials 
(rarely eight), fifth and sixth or fourth, fifth, and sixth (or third, 
fourth, and fifth) entering the eye; five lower labials in contact 
with the anterior chin-shields, which are much shorter than the 
posterior. Scales in 15 rows, vertebrals strongly enlarged, consider- 
ably larger than the outer, originating abruptly on the nape by fusion 
of the two median scales. Ventrals 179-205; anal divided ; sub- 
caudals 132-158. Olive above, scales black-edged ; a black stripe 
on each side of the head, passing through the eye and extending on 
