VII. ON TWO SNAKES NEW TO THE FAUNA OF 

 THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



By 

 C. BoDEN Kloss, F.Z.S. 



Since the publication of Mr, G. A. Boulenger's volume on 

 Reptilia and Batrachia in the " Vertebrate Fauna of the Malay 

 Peninsula" (1912) a specimen of TropidonoUis conspicillatus, 

 Giintlier, hitherto only kno\\n from Borneo (where it is fairly 

 common), the Natuna Islands, and Singkep Ishmd near the 

 east coast of Sumatra and about 100 miles south of Singapore, 

 has been obtained at Genting Sempah, Selangor-Pahang 

 Boundary, 2,000 ft. 



This snake maybe indicated as follows in the "Synopsis 

 of the Species" of the Malay Peninsula given in the above 

 mentioned work (p. 123). 



I. Posterior maxillary teeth not ab- 

 ruptly enlarged. Internasals 

 broadly truncate in front, nostrils 

 lateral in a single nasal, 3 labials 

 entering the eye, a single anterior 

 temporal. ... ... T. conspicillatus. 



The following is a description of the specimen obtained — 

 Eye moderate; nostril in a semi-divided nasal; rostral twice 

 as broad as deep, scarcely visible from above; internasals as 

 long as broad or a little longer, broadly truncate in" front, 

 shorter than the prae-frontals ; frontal once and a half as long 

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

 shorter than the parietals ; loreal deeper than long ; one 

 prae-and three post-oculars; temporals 2+1 ; eight upper 

 labials, third, fourth and fifth entering the eye; four lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin shields which are 

 shorter than the posterior. 



Scales in 19 rows, all keeled except the" outer row. 

 Ventrals 144; anal divided; sub-candals 50. 



Above browm, paler anteriorly with a blackish network 

 containing reddish-brown areas of yellow-edged scales which 

 become posteriorly two rows of small yellow spots. 



Head olive-brown ; nape blackish ; a streak along the 

 upper lip, others behind the eye and on the occiput and a 

 patch on the side of the neck pale pink. 



Below pinkish-red, the throat and sub-caudal scales 

 spotted blackish. 



Snout to vent 282 mm, tail 68 mm. 

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