65. DENDRELAPHIS. 87 
rows, vertebrals nearly as large as outer. Ventrals 162; anal 
divided; subcaudals 148. Bronzy above, head, nape and _ tail 
blackish; upper lip and throat yellow; ventrals yellowish, with 
crowded black dots and small spots. 
Total length 1120 millim. ; tail 420. 
New Guinea, 
a. 6 (V. 162; C. 148). N.W. New Guinea. M. A. Linden [C.]. 
65. DENDRELAPHIS. 
Leptophis, part., Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. 1825, p. 328. 
Dendrophis, part., Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 182 (1830); Schleg. Phys. 
Serp. li. p. 220 (1837) ; Dum. § Bibr. Erp. Gén. vii. p. 193 (1854) ; 
Giinth. Cat. Col, Sn. p. 148 (1858); Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 85 
(1863) ; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 296 (1864). 
Dendrelaphis, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 839 (1890). 
Maxillary teeth 18 to 23 ; anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth 
longest. Head elongate, distinct from neck; eye large, with round 
pupil. Body much elongate, feebly compressed ; scales smooth, in 
13 or 15 rows, narrow, disposed obliquely, with apical pits, those of 
the vertebral row not or but very slightly enlarged; ventrals with a 
suture-like lateral keel and a notch on each side, corresponding to 
the keel. Tail long; subcaudals in two rows, keeled and notched 
like the ventrals. 
India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
Bigs a 
Maxillary and mandible of Dendrelaphis tristis. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Scales in 15 rows, 
Two labials entering the eye.......... LS eistis, ao. 
A single labial entering the eye ...... 2. subocularis, p. 89. 
IT. Scales in 13 rows. 
Eye longer than its distance from the 
nostril; ventrals 171-188.......... 3. caudolineatus, p. 89. 
Eye as long as its distance from the 
nostril; ventrals 167-182 ........ 4, terrificus, p. 90. 
Eye as long as its distance from the 
nostril; ventrals 191-193: no black 
lines along the body and tail ...... 5. modestus, p. 91. 
