10. TROPIDONOTUS. 
180, 181, 181 Loo Choo Islands, — H. Pryer, Eaq. [P. 
“Off aa a Pet Ot 
e- 2 177; C.114) & Great Loo Choo Island. Mr, Holst [C. 
f. f.9' War C. 118). [O} 
55. Tropidonotus himalayanus. 
Xenodon macrophthalmus, part., Giinth. Cat. - 
a, ac). Decophithelarun 3 part., Giinth. "Rept. Grit Mind. p. 262 
—— himalayanus, Giinth. 1. c. p. 265, pl. xxii. fig. H; Anders. 
xl. 1871, p. 484; Bowleng. Faun. Ind., t. p. 847 (1890 
Banton Journ: As. ne Fmt, Eat Meee ee 
Eye rather large. Rostral broader than deep, just visible from 
above ; internasals about as broad as long, broadly truncate in front, 
as long as or a little shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal about 
once and a half as long as broad, as long as or slightly longer than 
its distance from the end of the snout, as long as or shorter than 
the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or a little deeper than long; 
one (rarely two) pre- and two or three postoculars; temporals 
242 or 2+3 (rarely 1+1); eight (rarely nine) upper labials, 
fourth and fifth (or fifth and sixth) entering the eye; four or five 
lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 
shorter than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, strongly keeled, of 
outer row smooth or feebly keeled. Ventrals 158-170; anal 
divided; subcaudals 79-90. Olive above, with small dark spots 
and two longitudinal series of small whitish spots or narrow cross 
bars; a more or less distinct blackish blotch on the nape, separated 
from the head by a yellow or orange collar, which is usually inter- 
rupted on the middle line; upper labials yellowish, with black 
sutures ; lower parts yellowish, speckled with brown or black, or 
nearly entirely greyish olive or blackish. 
Total length 830 millim. ; tail 200. 
Eastern ae and Assam Hills, 
a8 WW 170: 6. C. “B85. Sithita. Mosc. Sehlagintten{G}. | 
c. a (V.168; 0.88). Sikkim,4000ft. Sir J. Hoo : 
(One of the of X. macrophthalmus.) 
“6. fo) 168, 164; Darjeeling. T. C, Jerdon, Esq. [P.}. 
| ea $8) & 36. (Vv. 
, "168, C.?). jeeling. W. T. Blanford, P. 
. ‘. $ wv. 160; C. 29). Khe Khvet Hifi, Sir J. Hooker SES es 
, ef of _ i X. macrophthalmus. 
f i. o (V. 162; C. 82). ills, Jerdon, [P. 
: k, Yg. (V.166; C. 86), ‘Asan Hills, W.'t Blanford, re. 
; ig (V.172; C.92). Assam, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 178; Stoliczka, Journ. As, Soe, Beng. 
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