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Snout short, pointed or slightly turned up in the adult. 

 Rostral more broad than deep; internasals shorter than the 

 praefrontals; frontal two times or two times and a half as long 

 as broad, narrower than the supraocular, longer than its distance 

 from the tip of the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal 

 as long as deep, sometimes vertically divided; one or two 

 prae- and two to four postoculars; temporals 2 + 3 or 2 + 2; 

 eight upper labials, third to fifth entering the eye; three or 

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

 two smaller pairs of chin-shields posteriorly. Scales in 17 (19) 

 rows; ventrals 146 175; anal entire; subcaudals 44 70. 



Dark brown or reddish-brown above, with small dark and 

 light spots; a dark band along each side; head with symme- 

 trical longitudinal markings, a dark band on each side of the 

 head, passing through the eye. Lower surface speckled with 

 brown and with dark lines and spots. Length of head and 

 body 497 mm.; tail 128 mm. 



Nom. in dig. Duwata (Toradja-name). 



Habitat: Engano; Sumatra (Peudawa in Atjeh, Labuan, 

 Bindjey, Medan!, Upper Langkat, Laut Tador, Djambi!, Pa- 

 lembang, Gunung Sugei in Lampong district); Banka; Riou!; 

 Natuna Islands; Borneo (Baram river, Kina Balu, Sebruang 

 Valley, Pangkalan Ampat, Singkawang, Sintang, Kapuas river, 

 Putus Genting!, Barabei, Bandjermassin); Java (Gadok, Sin- 

 danglaia, Tjibodas 1425 M.!, Mt. Gedeh 4500 feet, Mount Wilis 

 5000 feet, Volcano Pengalengan 4000 feet, Tengger Mts. 

 I2OOM.); Lombok; Flores!; Sumba; Celebes (Sudara 4450 feet, 

 Upper Bone Valley, Buol, Matinang Mts. 1700 feet, Posso! 

 2000 feet); Togian Islands; Sangir Islands (Siao). Malay 

 Peninsula; Siam; Burma; Assam; E. Himalayas; Philippines; 

 Indo China; Formosa. 



Ovoviviparous; feeds on lizards and frogs. Still common at 

 elevations over 5000 feet. 



2. Psammodynastes pictus Gthr, 



Psammodynastes pictus, Gunther, Cat. Col. Sn. 1858, p. 251. 

 Psammodynastes pictus, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Ill 1896, p. 174 (s. syn.). 



Internasals as long as or a little shorter than the prae- 

 frontals; frontal two and a half or three times as long as broad, 

 narrower than the supraocular, as long as the parietals; loreal 



