243 



58. Bungarus Daudin. 

 (DAUDIN, Hist. Kept. V p. 263, 1803). 



Head not or slightly distinct from neck; eye small; pupil 

 round or vertically elliptic; nostril between two nasals; loreal 

 absent. Maxillary teeth 2 large, grooved fangs, followed by 

 i 4 small, feebly grooved teeth; anterior mandibular teeth 

 longest and feebly grooved. Body round or compressed, covered 

 with smooth scales without pits, in 13 17 rows, disposed 

 obliquely, vertebral row enlarged, hexagonal; ventrals rounded. 

 Tail moderate or short; subcaudals single or in two rows. 



Distribution. S. E. Asia. 



Key to the I n do- Australian species. 



A. Subcaudals single; scales in 15 or 17 rows. 



I. A dorsal ridge; tail ending obtusely; anterior 



temporal scarcely more long than deep I. B. fasciatus p. 243. 



II. No dorsal ridge; tail ending in a point; anterior 



temporal much more long than deep 2. B. candidus p. 244. 



B. Subcaudals partly single, partly in two rows; scales 



in 13 rows 3. B. flaviceps p. 245. 



i. Bungarus fasciatus (Schneider). 



Pseudoboa fasciata, Schneider, Hist. Amph. II 1801, p. 283. 

 Bungarus fasciatus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Ill 1896, p. 366. 



Rostral much more broad than deep, visible from above; 

 internasals shorter than the praefrontals; frontal as long as 

 or longer than its distance from the tip of the snout, as long 

 as or shorter than the parietals; one prae- and two postoculars; 

 temporals i + 2, anterior scarcely more long than deep; seven 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; three lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields; latter about 

 as long as the posterior, both pairs short. An obtuse keel or 

 ridge along the back and tail, latter ending obtusely. Scales 

 in 15 rows, vertebrals much enlarged; ventrals 200 234; anal 

 entire; subcaudals 23 29, single. 



Yellow above, with broad black annuli; a black band on 

 the head and nape, beginning between the eyes and widening 

 behind; snout brown. Lower surface yellow with black bars. 

 Length of head and body 1320 mm.; tail 130 mm. 



Nom. in dig. Ular welang (mal.); oraj welang (sund.). 



