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 THE SLENDER DHAMAN {Zamenis korros)* 



Length — Six to seven feet. 



Shape — Head : narrow with slender neck. 



Body, etc. : generally like the Dhaman. 

 Head shields — Normal, generally only two loreals and 



the shields have no black margins, otherwise 



like the Dhaman. 

 Scales — 15, smooth, with apical grooves. 

 FentmZs— 176 to 184; anal bifid. Sub-caudals 138 — 



147, but may be less (57 in one specimen). 

 Colouring — Uniform brown olive. In the young there 



is a transverse series of roundish pearl-coloured 



spots, forming cross-bands. The sub-caudals 



have black margins, but not so marked as in 



the Dhaman. 

 Habitat — Common in Burma, rare in India. 

 Several other of these '' Dhamans " are common, but 

 they have no special English names, so we must fall back on 

 their scientific names to distinguish them. 



ZAMENIS VENTRIMACULATUS {No English name). 



Length — About 3 feet ; tail, 9^ inches. 

 Shape — Head : elongate, distinct ; with snout, obtuse 

 and feebly projecting. 

 Body : elongate and cylindrical. 

 Tail : long. 



Eye : moderate with round pupil. 

 Head shields — Regular. A small sub-ocular is present 

 below the pra3-ocular. Upper labials 9 (5, 6). 

 The posterior sublingualsare separated by two 

 series of scales. 



' ' * Ptyas korros (Nicholson). 



