148 REPTILES. 



4. Dendrophis, Boie. 



Dendrophidce with smooth scales ; those of the vertehral row 

 much larger, triangular or polygonal ; those of the outer rows 

 much elongated, narrow, quadrilateral, very imbricated. Max- 

 illary teeth equal in length, smooth. Sides of abdomen slightly 

 keeled. India and Australia. 



Dendrophis, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 510 ; Hum. $$ Bibr. vii. p. 193. 

 Dendrophis, sp., Schlegel. Leptophis, sp.,£eW. Ahsetulla, sp., 

 Gray. Coluber, sp., auct. prior. 



1. Dendrophis picta. 



Seba, i. t. 99. no. 3. Coluber pictus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. p. 1116. 

 Coluber filiformis, Linn. Mus. Ad. Fried. 1. 1 7. f. 2, jun. ; Russell, 

 Ind. Serp. t. 25, 26. Coluber caeruleus, Bonnat. Ophiol. p. 30. 

 Coluber decorus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. p. 538 ; Merr. Tent. p. 128. 

 Ahaetulla decora, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, p. 16. Dipsas scliokari, 

 Kuhl, Beitr. p. 80. Bungarus filum, Oppel, Mus. Paris. Den- 

 drophis chairecacos, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 541 ; Erpet. Java, t. 34 ; 

 Wagl. Nat. Syst. p. 183. Leptophis maniar, Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. 

 p. 329. Ahsetulla bellii, Gray, III. Ind. Zool. t. ; Cantor, Catal. 

 p. 79. Dendrophis picta, Schleg.Ess.t. 9. f. 5-7; Dum. fy Bibr. 

 vii. p. 197. 



Bluish green, with a lateral, yellow, above and beneath black- 

 edged band. Scales in fifteen rows. 



a. Adult. Borneo. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher. 



b. Adult. Borneo. Presented by W. Winstone, Esq. 



c. Adult. Borneo. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher. 



d. Adult. Borneo. From Mr. Lowe's Collection. 



e. Young. Borneo. From Mr. Lowe's Collection. 



/. Adult. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 g. Adult female : injured. Philippines. From Mr. Cuming's 



Collection. 

 h, i. Adult. Sumatra. From the Leyden Museum. 

 k-m. Adult. Java. Presented by J. Bowring, Esq. 

 n. Adult. Java. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 

 o. Adult. Java. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 

 p, q. Adult. China. Presented by Mr. Ludwig. 

 r. Adult. Bengal. Presented by General Ilardwicke. 

 s. Adult. Bengal. Presented by General Ilardwicke. 

 t. Adult : bad state. Malabar. Presented by Dr. Packmann. 

 u. Adult: bad state. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 

 ii. Half-grown. Ceylon. Presented by A. Paul, Esq. 

 w. Young. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 x. Adult. Sikkim. Presented by Dr. Hooker. 



