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7. PLATYPLECTRURUS. 



Platyplectrunis, Gilnth. Ann. ^- Mufj. N. II. (4) i. 18G8, p. 414; 



lieddume, Ann. »!>• Mag. N. II. (o) xvii. 188(J, p. 31 ; Bouleny. Faun. 



Ltd., Kept. p. 273(18U0). 

 Tereti'urus, Beddome, I. c. p. 28. 



Eye distinct from the ncighbouriiif;: sliields, of moderate size. A 

 supraocular and a temporal. Tail cylindrical or slightly compressed, 

 the terminal scute pointed or with a transverse ridge. 



Southern India. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Snout broadly rounded; supraoculars longer 



than the prajfrontals ; 1G3-175 yentrals 1. irilineafus, ■p. IGo. 

 Snout broadly rounded ; supraoculars as 



long as the prsefrontals : 150-175 ventrals 2. madurensis,i^.l66. 

 Snout obtuse ; supraoculars as long as or 



shorter than the praefrontals ; 120-150 



ventrals 3. sanr/uineus, p. 1G6. 



1. Platyplectrurus trilineatus. (Plate XI. fig. 1.) 



Plectrurus trilineatus, Beddome, Madras Quart. Journ. Med. <S'c. 1867, 

 p. 14, fig. ; Theoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Lid. p. 137 (1876). 



Platyplectrurus trilineatus, GUnth. Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (4) i. 1868, 

 p. 413; Beddome, Ann. S^- Mar/. N. H. (.5) xvii. 1886, p. 32; 

 Bouleng. Faun. Ltd., Rept. p. 274 (1890). 



bilineatus, Beddome, I. c. p. 33. 



Snout broadly rounded ; rostral small, visible from above ; frontal 

 longer than broad ; supraocular much larger than the eye, longer 

 than the prjcfrontals ; temporal tvro thirds or three fifths the 

 length of the parietals. Diameter of body 37 to 50 times in the 

 total length. 15 scales round the middle of the body, 17 behind 

 the head. Yentrals nearly twice as broad as the contiguous scales, 

 163-175. Subcaudals 8-16. Caudal scales smooth or a few of the 

 terminal ones inconspicuously hi- or tricarinate ; terminal scute 

 with a transverse ridge which is hardly distinct in the female. 

 Adult reddish bi'own or brick-red above, with three continuous or 

 interrupted black longitudinal lines ; young dark brown or black 

 above, with two or more yellowish dorsal stripes, yellowish below, 

 each scale with a brown dot. 



Total length 400 millim. 



Anamallays. 



a. c? (V. ]65 ; C. 16). Anamallays, 4C00 ft. Col. P,ed(lome [C.]. 



(Type.) 

 b-d. S (V. 168 ; C. 14), Anamallays, 4000 ft. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



$ (V. 173 ; C. 10), & 



hgr. (V. 163; C. 14). 

 e-g. 6 (V. 166 ; C. 14) Anamallays, 4700 ft. W. Davison, Esq. 



■& 5 (V. 175, 16o; [P.]. 



C.8,9). 



