65. DEXDRELAPHIS. 87 



rows, vertebrals nearly as large as outer. Ventrals 162; anal 

 divided ; subcaudals 148. Bronzy above, head, nape and tail 

 blackish ; upper lip and throat yellow ; ventrals yellowish, with 

 crowded black dots and email spots. 



Total length 1120 millim. ; tail 420. 



New Guinea. 



a. <S (V. 162; C. 148). N.W. New Guinea. M. A. Linden [C.j. 



65. DENDRELAPHIS. 



Leptophis, part., Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. 1825, p. 328. 



Dendrophis, part., Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 182 (1830) ; Schleg. PJiya. 



Serp. ii. p. 220 (1837) ; Dttm. $ Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 193 (1854) ; 



Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 148 (1858) ; Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 85 



(1808) ; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 296 (1864). 

 Dendrelaphis, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 339 (1890). 



Maxillary teeth 18 to 23 ; anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth 

 longest. Head elongate, distinct from neck ; eye large, with round 

 pupil. Body much elongate, feebly compressed ; scales smooth, in 

 13 or 15 rows, narrow, disposed obliquely, with apical pits, those of 

 the vertebral row not or but very slightly enlarged ; ventrals with a 

 suture-like lateral keel and a notch on each side, corresponding to 

 the keel. Tail long ; subcaudals in two rows, keeled and notched 

 like the ventrals. 



India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Fig. 7. 



Maxillary and mandible of Dendrelaphis trisfis. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Scales in 15 rows. 



Two labials entering the eye 1. tristis, p. 88. 



A single labial entering the eye 2. subocularis, p. 89. 



II. Scales in 13 rows. 



Eye longer than its distance from the 



nostril ; ventrals 171-188 3. caudolineatus, p. 89. 



Eye as long as its distance from the 



nostril ; ventrals 167-182 4. terrifieus, p. 90. 



Eye as long as its distance from the 



nostril; ventrals 191-193: no black 



lines along the body and tail 5. modestut, p. 91. 



