side of the back, alternating with single ones on the vertebral 

 line; ventrals 173 185; anal entire; subcaudals 128 147. 



Fig. 24. Xenodermus javanicus Reinh. X Vs- 



Dark brown above; lower parts lighter. Length of head 

 and body 225 mm.; tail 228 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra! (Perlak in S. Atjeh); 

 Java! ; Borneo (Kuching). Penang; Malay 

 Peninsula. 



A rare species. 



4. Stoliczkaia Jerdon. 



QERDON, Proc. As. Soc. Bengal p. 81, 1870). 



Head distinct from neck, covered with 

 large shields; nostrils directed forwards, in 

 a single nasal; eye small or prominent; 

 pupil round or vertically elliptic; teeth almost 

 equal, small, about 14 in each maxillary. 

 Body slender, compressed, covered with 

 strongly keeled, elliptical, juxtaposed scales, 

 larger towards the ventrals; latter well 

 developed. Tail long; subcaudals single. 



Distribution. N. E. India; Borneo. 



A single species. 



Fig. 25. Xenodermus 



javanicus Reinh. Upper 



view of head. X 4* 



i. Stoliczkaia borneensis Koulenger. 



Stoliczkaia borneensis, Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) IV 1899, p. 452, figured 

 in Journ. Straits Branch. Asiat. Soc. 34 1900, pi. I, fig. 2. 



Rostral moderate, triangular, not visible from above; inter- 



