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Nom. indig. Ular babi (mal.). 



Habitat: Simalur!; Nias!; Mentawei Islands (Siberut!); 

 Sumatra (Sabang on Pulu Weh!, Atjeh, Bindjey, Labuan, 

 Asahan, Medan!, Serdang!, Pangkalan Brandan!, Langkat, 

 Bedagei,Indragiri, Djambi!, Tandjung Laut in Palembang, Indra- 

 pura, Kaju tanam!, Gunung sahilan!, Muara Labu, Batang 

 Singlajang!, Fort de Kock, Agam, Kalung!, Padang!); Banka!; 

 Riou!; Borneo (Kutei, Bulangan river, Sandakan Bay, Bongon, 

 Baram river, Rejang river, Kuching, Sungei duri, Singkawang, 

 Sintang, Buntok, Balikpapan); Java (Anjer, Buitenzorg!, Mt. 

 Salak 2200 feet, Tjibodas, Wonosobo, Semarang, Salatiga!, 

 Ambarawa, Surabaja); Celebes (Manado!, Macassar!). Penang; 

 Singapore; Malay Peninsula; Nicobars; Andamans; Burma; 

 S. China. 



Note. BETHENCOURT FERREIRA mentions a snake from Timor 

 (Journ. Sc. Lisboa (2) V 1897, p. 1 13) much resembling C. mela- 

 nurus and young specimens of C. erythrurus. He gives this 

 form the name of C. melanunis var. timoriensis. It has one or 

 two suboculars; 237 ventrals; 96 subcaudals. 



3. Coluber radiatus Schlegel. 



Coluber radiatus, Schlegel, Phys. Serp. 1837, p. 135, pi. V, fig. 5 & 6. 

 Coluber radiatus, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 6 1 (s. syn.). 



Rostral more broad than deep, visible from above; internasals 

 shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal as long as or shorter 

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

 parietals; loreal more long than deep; praeocular large; two 

 postoculars; temporals generally 2 + 2; eight or nine upper 

 labials, third to fifth, fourth and fifth or fourth to sixth entering 

 the eye; four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields; latter as long as the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, 

 21 on the neck, keeled on the posterior part of the body, 

 outer rows smooth; ventrals 224 245, with an obtuse lateral 

 keel; anal entire; subcaudals 85 100. 



Yellowish-brown above, with one or two black stripes on 

 each side of the back anteriorly, the lower often broken up; 

 head with a black line across the occiput; three black lines 

 radiating from the eye. Lower surface yellow, uniform or 

 speckled with olive. Length of head and body 1280 mm.; 

 tail 330 mm. 



