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nasals shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal as long as or 

 longer than its distance from the tip of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals; loreal more deep than long; two or three 

 prae- and three postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 2 + 3 ; eight 

 upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; four or five 

 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields; latter 

 and the posterior pair about equal and broad. Scales in 19 rows, 

 dorsals keeled, laterals smooth; ventrals 118 121 ; anal divided; 

 subcaudals 36 41. 



Olive-brown above ; lower surface yellowish or brownish, 

 speckled with dark brown; a light streak on each side. Young 

 ones with a A -shaped black band on the nape. Length of 

 head and body 400 mm. ; tail 70 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the Leiden Museum. 



Habitat: Java!. 



ii. Dendrophis Boie. 



(BolE, Isis, p. 520, 1827). 



Head distinct from neck, rather long; eye large; pupil round. 

 Maxillary teeth 20 33, posterior enlarged ; anterior mandibular 

 teeth longest. Body long, compressed, covered with smooth 

 scales with pits, in 13 or 15 rows, disposed obliquely, the 

 vertebral row enlarged ; ventrals with a lateral keel and notch. 

 Tail long; subcaudals in two rows, keeled and notched like 

 the ventrals. 



Distribution. S. E. Asia; Australia. 



Key to the I nd o-Aust ral i a n species. 



A. Eye not longer than its distance from the nostril; 

 maxillary teeth 20 26. 



I. Scales in 15 rows i. D. pictus p. 58. 



II. Scales in 13 rows. 



a. Ventrals 174211; a dark streak on each 



side of the head 2. D. calligaster p. 60. 



b. Ventrals 159 163; a dark streak on each 



side of the head 3. D. lorentzi p. 62. 



c. Ventrals 191 220; no dark streak on the 



sides of the head 4. D. punctnlatus p. 63. 



B. Eye usually longer than its distance from the 

 nostril; maxillary teeth 27 33. 



