360 COLUBRID^E. 



447. Dipsas gokool. 



Dipsas gokool, Gray, III. Ind. Zool. ii, pi. Ixxxiii, fig. 1 ; Giinth. 



Rept. B. I. p. 818 ; Theob. Cat. p. 197. 

 Dipsas cynodon, part., Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 924. 



Anterior palatine and mandibular teeth scarcely larger than the 

 posterior. Eye moderate, as long as its distance from the nostril. 

 Rostral a little broader than deep ; internasals much shorter 

 than the praefrontals ; frontal longer than its distance from 

 the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal deeper 

 than long ; one or two prseoculars, not extending to the upper 

 surface of the head; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 3; upper 

 labials 8, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; 4 or 5 

 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 

 a little longer than the posterior. Body strongly compressed ; 

 scales in 21 rows, disposed obliquely ; scales of the vertebral row 

 strongly enlarged, in the middle of the body nearly as broad as 

 long. Ventrals 224-225 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 87-94. Yel- 

 lowish brown above ; head with an arrow-shaped brown, black- 

 edged mark, longitudinally divided into two ; a black streak on 

 each side of the head, passing through the eye ; a yellowish verte- 

 bral streak ; a series of erect Y-shaped marks on each side of the 

 body ; lower parts yellowish, with a series of brown spots along 

 each side. 



Total length 2 feet 8 inches ; tail 7 inches. 



Hob. A rare snake, hitherto recorded from Bengal, Assam, and 

 Pinang. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. ii, pi. xxiii. 



Dipsas multimaculata, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii, p. 2Go, pi. xi, figs. 4 & 



5 ; Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 923 ; Dum. $ Bibr. Erp. 



Gen. vii, p. 1139 ; Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 311 ; Jan, Icon. Ophid. 



38, pi. iii, fig. 3 ; Theob. Cat. p. 194. 



Anterior palatine and mandibular teeth scarcely larger than 

 the posterior. Eye a little shorter than the snout. Rostral a 

 little broader than deep ; internasals much shorter than the prso- 

 frontals ; frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout 

 or a little longer, shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep 

 or deeper than long ; one praeocular, not extending to the upper 

 surface of the head; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 2+3 ; 

 upper labials 8, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; 4 lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long 

 as the posterior or a little shorter. Body strongly compressed ; 

 scales in 17 or 19 rows, disposed obliquely ; scales of the vertebral 

 row strongly enlarged, in the middle of the body nearly as broad 

 as long. Ventrals 202-235; anal entire: subcaudals 80-106. 

 Grey-brown above, with two alternating series of roundish dark 



