154 



a little more broad than deep, visible from above; frontal 

 more long than broad, not twice so broad as the supraocular, 

 shorter than the parietals; one prae- and one postocular; five 

 or six upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; mental 

 in contact with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields 

 in contact or separated. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 147 210; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 15 26. Tail ending in a point. Dark 

 brown or black above, head often entirely or partially yellow; 

 body sometimes with yellow transverse bars or series of spots; 

 a lateral streak along the two outer rows of scales sometimes 

 yellowish. Lower surface yellowish, with or without large 

 transverse black spots or bands. Length of head and body 

 377 mm.; tail 33 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Labuan, Medan!, Langkat, Raja Mts., 

 Battak Highlands 8001000 M., Fort de Kock!, Kaju tanam!, 

 Padang); Natuna Islands; Borneo (Kina Balu!, Bongon, Mt. 

 Batu song, Baram, Kuching, Matang, Tandjong); Java! (Volcano 

 Tjisurupan, Sukabumi!); Ternate. Malay Peninsula. 



3. Calamaria stahlknechti Stol. 



Calamaria stahlknechti, Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLII 1873, p. 119, 



pi. XI, fig. 2. 

 Calamaria stahlknechtii, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 335. 



Diameter of eye greater than its distance from the mouth; 

 rostral more broad than deep, visible from above ; frontal more 

 long than broad, not twice so broad as the supraocular, shorter 

 than the parietals; one prae- and one postocular; five upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye; mental in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields separated. 

 Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 147 163; anal entire; subcaudals 

 22 23. Tail ending in a point. 



Brown or olive above; a yellowish collar, interrupted in the 

 middle; yellow or red below, with or without black transverse 

 spots or bands. Length of head and body 241 mm.; tail 24mm. 



Habitat: Nias!; Sumatra. 



4. Calamaria indragirica Schenkel. 



Calamaria indragirica, Schenkel, Verb. Ges. Basel XIII 1901, p. 164. 



Diameter of eye about one time and a half as large as its 

 distance from the mouth; rostral more broad than deep, visible 



