126. cERBERUS. 17 
25 (rarely 27 *) rows. _ Ventrals 132-160; anal divided; subcaudals 
49-72. Grey, brown, olive, or blackish above, with more or less 
distinct black spots or cross-bars; a black streak on each side of - 
the head, passing through the eye; a more or less distinct white or 
yellow lateral band; beneath whitish or yellowish, spotted or 
barred with black, or almost entirely black. 
Total length 980 millim.; tail 180. 
India and Ceylon, Burma, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula and 
Archipelago, Pelew Islands. 
a. é Yo 25; V. 145; Ganjam. F’. Day, Esq. [P.]. 
57). 
b. ¢ Ph ag 25; V. 147; Cocanada. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 
Gh 
C; i, é. nee (Se. 23, 25; Madras. T. CO. Jerdon, Esq. [P.}. 
V. 145, 146; C. 64, 62) 
& yg. (Se. 26 ; V. 146; 
C. 63). 
as ee a. 25; V. 147; Nilgherries. W. Theobald, Esq.[P.]. 
66). 
g: "Ge Sie 25; V. 145; Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
te (oe: 25; V. 142; India. Dr. P. Russell. 
* § 64). 
i, k-m. Q (Se. 25; V. 145; India. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 
C. 56) & yg. (Sc. 23, 25, 
25; V. 146, 143, 146; 
C. 62, 60, 60). 
n. 2 g (se 25 ; V. 147; ~— India. College of Surgeons. 
0. S (Me... 26.5. Vo 1873 Ceylon. Messrs. v. Schlagint- 
Fee Se. 25; v. 1 C bac 
p. Her. (Se. 39; eyion. R. Templeton, Esq. 
©. 55). Re 
g-r. 6 (Sc. 23; V. 149; —‘ Pinang. Dr, Cantor. 
C. 58) & yg. (Se. 23; 
V. 147; C. 56). 
s. Yg. (Se. 23 ; V. 148; ~==Pinang (?). Dr. Cantor. 
C. 67). 
t-u. g (Se. 23; V. 141, Singapore. Dr. Dennys [P. |. 
v é - 23 ; V. 152; Deli,Sumatra. Mr. Iversen [C.]. 
. 58). 
SO tO. 23; V. 125; #Engano. Dr. Modigliani [C.]. 
a. 3 (Se. 23; V. 145; Borneo. Leyden Museum. 
C. 63). (Type of C. acutus.) 
y. Yg. ae 23; V. 150; — Borneo. 
C. 6 
fe Ae (So 25; V. 144; Sarawak, Sir J. Brooke [P.]. 
* T have examined a specimen from Trevandrum, preserved in the Travancore 
Museum, with 27 rows of scales. 
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