7. PLATYPLECTRURUS. 165 
7. PLATYPLECTRURUS. 
phen ome oa Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) i. 1868, p. 414; 
B , Ann. § Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 31; Bouleng. Faun. 
Ind., Rept. p. 273 (1890). 
Teretrurus, Beddome, 1. ce. p. 28. 
Eye distinct from the neighbouring shields, of moderate size. A 
supraocular and a temporal. Tail cylindrical or slightly compressed, 
the terminal scute pointed or with a transverse ridge. 
Southern India. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
Snout broadly rounded ; supraoculars longer 
than the prefrontals; 163-175 ventrals 1. trilineatus, p. 165. 
Snout broadly rounded; supraoculars as 
long as the prefrontals; 150-175 ventrals 2. madurensis, p. 166. 
Snout obtuse ; supraoculars as long as or 
shorter than the prefrontals; 120-150 
WOUMPUIE oc os Sate Bee ed's oh cota & Ba 3. sanguineus, p. 166. 
1. Platyplectrurus trilineatus. (Pxare XI. fig. 1.) 
Plectrurus trilineatus, Beddome, Madras Quart. Journ. Med. Sc. 1867, 
p. 14, fig.; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p, 137 (1876). 
Platyplectrurus trilineatus, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) i. 1868, 
. 413; Beddome, Ann. § Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 32; 
‘ouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 274 (1890). 
—— bilineatus, Beddome, 1. c. p. 33. 
Snout broadly rounded ; rostral small, visible from above ; frontal 
longer than broad ; supraocular much larger than the eye, longer 
than the prefrontals; temporal two thirds or three fifths the 
length of the parietals. Diameter of body 37 to 50 times in the 
total length. 15 scales round the middle of the body, 17 behind 
the head. Ventrals nearly twice as broad as the contiguous scales, 
163-175. Subcaudals 8-16. Caudal scales smooth or a few of the 
terminal ones inconspicuously bi- or tricarinate; terminal scute 
with a transverse ridge which is hardly distinct in the female. 
Adult reddish brown or brick-red above, with three continuous or 
interrupted black longitudinal lines; young dark brown or black 
above, with two or more yellowish dorsal stripes, yellowish below, 
each scale with a brown dot. 
Total length 400 millim. 
Anamallays. 
a. g (V.165; C.16).  Anamallays, 4000 ft. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
(Type.) 
b-d. ¢ (V.168;.C. 14), Anamallays, 4000 ft. Col, betes [C.}. 
9 (V.173; ©. 10), & 
hgr. (V. 163; ©. 14). 
o (V. 166;C.14) Anamallays, 4700 ft. W. Davison, Esq. 
Ae (V. 175, 165; [P.]. 
C. : 
