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 i. Dryophiops rubescens (Gray). 



Dipsas rubescens, Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. II 1834, pi. LXXXIV, fig. 2. 

 Dryophiops rubescens^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Ill 1896, p. 194 (s. syn.). 



Rostral two times as broad as deep, just visible from above; 

 internasals shorter than the praefrontals; frontal as long as 

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

 loreal long; one praeocular, in contact with the frontal; two 

 or three postoculars; temporals 2 + 2; nine upper labials, 

 fourth to sixth entering the eye; four or five lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, posterior larger. Scales 



Fig. 80. Dryophiops rubescens (Gray). Nat. size. Side view of head. 



in 15 rows; ventrals 186 199; anal divided; subcaudals 

 1 1 1 136. 



Reddish-brown above, with small black spots; on the head 

 wavy longitudinal markings and a median streak on the occiput 

 and neck; a dark streak on each side passing through the 

 eye; labials with black spots. Lower surface yellow or greenish, 

 reddish or brownish posteriorly, dotted with dark and with 

 or without small dark spots. Length of head and body 540 mm.; 

 tail 210 mm. 

 INDO-AUSTRALIAN REPTILES II. *4 



