10. rRoPIDONoTUSs. 261 
2+2 or 2+3; nine upper labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering 
the eye; five or six lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Seales in 21 rows, 
all strongly keeled. Ventrals 154-161; anal divided; subcaudals 
64-79. Uniform dark olive above; upper lip yellowish; lower 
parts yellowish, the shields edged with olive. 
Total length 710 millim. ; tail 165, 
Java, Celebes. 
a. 2 (V. 161; C. 73). Java. Leyden Museum. (Type.) 
ae) ty 154; C. 79). N. Celebes, Dr. A. B. Meyer (o. 
67. Tropidonotus saravacensis. (Piare XVI. fig. 2.) 
idonotus sarawacensis, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1872, p. 596, and 
Zool, Rec, 1872, p. 74. 
Head short, very distinct from neck. Eye large. Rostral 
broader than deep, not or scarcely visible from above ; internasals. 
as long as broad, as long as or a little shorter than the preefrontals ; 
frontal once and a half as long as broad, longer than its distance 
from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal deeper 
than long; one pre- and three postoculars; temporals 24+3; eight 
upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; five or six 
lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 
shorter than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows, all strongly keeled. 
Ventrals 140-154; anal divided ; subcaudals 52-89. Olive-brown 
above, with a series of blackish cross bars, and two series of yellow 
spots, which may be replaced by two yellowish stripes; or blackish 
with bright orange spots on the anterior half of the body ; a lateral 
series of black spots; upper surface of head vermiculated with 
black; labials yellowish, with black sutures; belly checkered — 
black and yellow, or the black predominating. 
Total length 560 millim. ; tail 160. 
Borneo. 
a-c. ¢ (V. 151; C. 84) & Matang. (Types.) 
Q (V. 154, 149; C. 82, 
89 
d. 2 wv. 140; C.52). — Matang. | 
e-f. 9 (V. 144,151; C.74, Mt. Dulit, Borneo. ©. Hose, Esq, | C.). 
88). 
68. Tropidonotus auriculatus. (Prare XVII. fig. 1.) 
Tropidonotus auriculatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 80 (1858); Peters, Mon, 
Beri. Ac. 1861, p. 687. © 
Head short and thick, very distinct from neck. Eye very large. 
Body slender. Rostral broader than deep, scarcely visible from 
above ; internasals longer than broad, broadly truncate anteriorly, 
longer than the prefrontals; frontal once and a half to once and 
two thirds as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end 
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