348 COLUBKIDjE. 



433. Tropidonotus monticola. 



Tropidonotus monticola, Jerdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 530; 

 Giinth. Kept. B. I. p. 267 ; Theob. Cat. p. 178. 



Eye large, its diameter more than its distance from the nostril ; 

 rostral just visible from above : suture between the internasals 

 shorter than that between the prsefrontals ; frontal considerably 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, as long as the 

 parietals ; loreal as long as deep, or deeper than long ; one prse- 

 ocular; three postoculars ; temporals 2+2 ; upper labials 8, third, 

 fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; 5 lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields, which are a little shorter than the posterior. 

 Scales in 19 rows, strongly keeled, the outer row smooth or feebly 

 keeled. Ventrals 134-142 ; anal divided; subcaudals 80-92. Green 

 above, with black cross bands divided on eacli side by a pale spot ; 

 a white line across the head behind the eyes and a white dot on 

 each side of the frontal ; prse- and postoculars and labials 3 to 6, 

 white ; lower parts white. 



Total length 18 inches ; tail 5-5. 



Hab. South Canara, Wynaad, Anaimalai Hills. 



Fig. 101 . Tropidonotus stolatus. 



434. Tropidonotus stolatus. 



Russell, 2nd. Serp. i, pi. x, and ii, pis. xv B & xix. 



Coluber stolatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. \, p. 379. 



Tropidonotus stolatus, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 535; Scliley. Phys. Serp. 



ii, p. 317; Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 937 ; Giinth. Rept. 



B.I. p. 266; Theob. Cat. p. 177; Anders. An. Zool. Res. Yunnan, 



p. 816; Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 379. 

 Amphiesma stolatum, Dum. $ Bilr. Erp. Gfn. vii, p. 727. 



