80 BOID^. 



5. Liasis albertisii. 



Liasis albertisii, Peters ^ Doria, Atm. Mus. Genova, xiii. 1878, 



p. 401, pi. iii. fig. 2. 

 Leiopytbon gracilis, Huhrecht, Notes Leyd. Mus. i. 1879, p. 15. 



liostral broader than deep, just visible from above, witli a pit or 

 groove on each side ; internasals a little longer than broad, not 

 half as long as the pra^frontals ; a single pair of largo elongate 

 prsefrontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, shorter than its 

 distance from the end of the snout ; a pair of parietals, followed by 

 several smaller shields ; a largo loreal ; a large proeocular ; three or 

 four postoculars ; twelve or thirteen upper labials, first two or 

 three pitted, fifth and sixth, or fifth, sixth, and seventh entering the 

 eye ; six of the posterior lower labials pitted. Scales in 49 to 55 

 rows. Yentrals 2G2-284 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 62-79. Pur- 

 plish brown above, head blackish ; labials yellowish, with blackish 

 vertical bars ; uniform yeUowish beneath. 



Total length 1450 millim. ; tail 200. Reaches to 2| metres. 



Western New Guinea and Serwatty Islands. 



a-h. S (Sc. 55 ; Y. 274 ; C. 69) New Guinea, 



& yg. (Sc. 51 ; V. 261 ; 0. 62). 



6. Liasis papuanus. 



Liasis papuanus, Peters i^- Doria, Ann, Mus, Genova, xiii. 1878, 

 p. 400, pi. iii. fig. 1. 



llostral broader than deep, visible from above, with a shallow 

 pit or groove on each side ; internasals about once and a half as long 

 as broad, two thirds to three fourths the length of the prsefrontals ; a 

 single pair of large prsefrontals ; frontal once and a half as long as 

 broad, as long as its distance from the rostral ; a pair of large 

 parietals, which equal the frontal in length ; a large loreal ; a large 

 proDocular ; two or three postoculars ; ten or eleven upper labials, 

 first two or three pitted, fifth and sixth or sixth and seventh 

 entering the eye ; four of the posterior lower labials pitted. Scales in 

 65 to 69 rows. Ventrals 358-363 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 85-88. 

 Olive-brown above, each scale blackish at the base ; yellowish 

 beneath. 



Total length 2300 millim. ; tail 320. Reaches to 3| metres. 



New Guinea. 



a. $ (Sc. 69; V. 358 ; C.85). New Guinea. 



4. PYTHON. 



Python, Baud. Hist. Rept. v. p. 226 (1803) ; Wagl. Syst. Amph. 



p. 168 (1830) ; Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 402 (1837) ; Dum. ^ 



Bibr. Erp. Gen. vi. p. 392 '(1844) ; Gray, Cat. Sn. p. 87 (1849) ; 



Giinth. Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 329 (1864) ; Jan, Icon. G^n. Ophid. 



p. 95 (1864) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 245 (1890). 

 Constrictor, Wagl. I. c. 

 Heleionomus, Gray, Zool. Miscell. p. 42 (1842). 



