2 4 



on the back or with black annuli, sometimes dorsal bars and 

 ventral bars, alternating on the flanks, and a dorsal line 

 between the bars. Length of head and body 1310 mm.; 

 tail 200 mm. 



Habitat: Java; Aru Islands (near Karang); New Guinea. 

 Chinese sea; Kurrachee Harbour; Singapore!; N. coast of 

 Australia. 



The 12 or 14 young specimens, produced by the female, 

 have a length of 30 42 mm. 



57. Enhydris Merrem. 

 (MERREM, Tent. Syst. Amph. p. 140, 1820). 



Nostrils superior; eye small; pupil round; head-shields large; 

 nasals in contact; praeocular present; loreal present or absent. 

 Maxillary teeth 2 large fangs and 2 4 small teeth. Body 

 short and stout, covered with juxtaposed scales, in 27 37 

 rows; ventrals small if distinct. Tail strongly compressed. 



Distribution. From India to China and New Guinea. 



A single species. 



i. Enhydris hardwickei (Gray). 



Lapemis hardwickii, Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. II 1834, pi. LXXXVII, fig. 2. 

 Enhydris hardwickii, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Ill 1896, p. 301 (s. syn.). 



Rostral as deep as broad or slightly more broad; praefrontals 

 in contact with the second labial; frontal large; parietals large; 

 nasals in contact with the two anterior labials, sometimes a 

 loreal present; one prae- and one to three postoculars; tem- 

 porals two to four superposed shields; seven or eight upper 

 labials, third and fourth usually entering the eye; chin-shields 

 small or absent. Scales with a tubercle, in 34 37 rows, the 

 last three or four rows enlarged; ventrals 130 200, small. 



Olive or yellowish, with blackish transverse bands or annuli, 

 sometimes confluent on the back. Length of head and body 

 670 mm.; tail 80 mm. 



N o m. i n d i g. Ular lempe. 



Habitat: Java (Batavia, Cheribon Sea!, Pekalongan !, Se- 

 marang!, Rembang, Pasuruan!, Panarukan!); Borneo (Santubong); 

 Flores!; Sumba (Taraba Bay!); Celebes (Manado!, Macassar); 

 Moluccas!; New Guinea. Malay Peninsula; Siam; Singapore; 

 Bay of Bengal; Chinese Sea; Philippines. 



