54. zAMiiNis, 385 



k. d (V. 168 ; C. 'O. Singapore. Dr. Dennys [P.l. 



l-jn. c? (V. 16G ; C. ?) & Java. G. Lyon, Esq. FP.]. 



hgr. (V. 170; C. 134). 



n. Yg. (V. 102; C. 140). Malay Archipelago. Dr. Bleeker. 



o, p. Skulls. E. Indies. 



3. Zamenis mucosus. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. i. pi. xxxiv. (179G), and ii. pi. xxiii. iig. 2 



(1801). 

 Coluber mucosus, Lum. S. N. i. p. 388 (1766) ; Baud. Itrpt. vi. 



p. 355 (1803). 

 Natrix mucosa, Law. Syn. Rept. p. 77 (1768). 

 Coluber blumenbachii, Men: Tent. p. 119 (1820) ; Schle(/. Phys. 



Serp. ii. p. 137, pi. v. tigs. 7 & 8 (1837). 



dhumua, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Sue. 1839, p. 51. 



Corvpliodon blumenbachii, Dum. 8f Bibr. vii. p. 184 (1854) ; Gilnth. 



Cat. p. Ill (1858) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. 24, pi. iii. figs. 2-4 (1867). 

 Leptophis trifrenatus, Halloio. Proc. Ac. Philad. i860, p. 503. 

 Ptyas mucosus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1800, p. 563 ; Gilnth. Rept. 



Brit. Ind. p. 240 (1864); Stoliczka, Joum. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 



1870, p. 185 ; Blanf. t. c. p. 372 ; Theoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. 



p. 168 (1876); Anders. An. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 815 (1879); 



Boettg. Zool. Jahrb. iii. 1888, p. 931. 

 Zamenis mucosus, Bouleny. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 324 (1890). 



Snout slightly projecting, obtuse ; eye very large. Eostral a 

 little broader than deep, visible from above ; internasals shorter 

 than the prtefrontals ; frontal once and a quarter to once and a half 

 as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, ' 

 as long as the parietals or slightly shorter ; usually three loreals ; 

 one large ]^meocular, not in contact with the frontal, Avith a small 

 subocular below it ; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 ; eight upper 

 labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; five lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the 

 posterior ; latter in contact anteriorly. Scales more or less strongly 

 keeled on the posterior part of the back, in 17 rows. Yentrals 

 187-208 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 95-140. Brown above, 

 frequently with more or less distinct black cross bands on the 

 })Osterior part of the body and on the tail ; young usually with 

 light cross bands on the front half of the body. Lower surfaces 

 yellowish ; the posterior ventral and the caudal shields may be 

 edged with black. ' 



Total length 2100 millim. : tail 500. 



Transcaspia, Afghanistan, India and Ceylon, Burma, Southern 

 China, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Java. 



a. S (V. 188; C. 112). Kowloon, Hong II.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



Kong. 

 h-c. S (V. 187; C. 105) Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.l 



& 2 (V. 201 ; C. 109). 

 d-g. Hgr. (V. 195, 201 ; Cashmere. T. C. Jerdou, Esq. [P.l 



C. 95, 103) .t vg. (V. 



192,194; C. 98, 105). 

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