543 



btr inbifd« ?(cd)iptf«i)u«. 25icfe lUt f)&t bte meifle 

 2(pl)nlid)f<it mit ah.ietulla, {in lanä«« 3üöftfd)ilt) 

 jinb fin üotbcct'ö uiib 2 f)intccc Jtugentanbfdjil&cr, 

 ouf bm (geitfti bet £)ccipitalfcl)ilbfi' 2 ScmvoialfdjiU 

 iit unb bintcr crjTcrcn 3@clnippni, bic faum größer, 

 ali bie übrigen 3iücfen|d)iippon/ 2 'Paar Siinncn» 

 ((^'i'.bcr, jiüifdien bem Unteren jebod) feine flciiie 

 ©djuppen. £;beii bläulid) grün, unb jcbe ber ©d)ups 

 penquerreit)en fdjiiiiirj eingcfajjt. 163 f 116. 3'" S" 

 ben geivip nuBerotbenUid) fd;6n. 



t>cr neuen Welt : 



7 Col. ahaetuila Nr. 109. 



8 Co], liocercus Pr. Max Septri^ge T. i p. 265, loenn 



anöerä roirflid) üon aliaetulla oecfd)ieben. ©e^t 

 chntiUteriflifd) i\1 bep biefer ©attung unb «ielen 2fr: 

 ten ber folgenben annod), bap bec gtc^c »ocbeie oft 

 bie Stelle beö 3ügclfd)ilbeS Derttetenbe 2lu>;enranb: 

 fdjilb in bec aWitte gebrod)cn ifl, eine fdjarfe 2ei|le 

 ^lat, ba^er eine boppclte S'iladje bilBct, con benen eine 

 horijontal, bic anbete in üerticnler iKid)tnng iieljt. 

 3llle Dendrophis fiaben eine grün ober tl>uilid) me= 

 taUifrf) fdjillernbe jaibe. Dai äJocljanbcnfeijn bidj» 

 ter 5BaIbungen in bcn Sropenläntein bci)bet ßonti» 

 jiente lä§t bie 6ri|lenj mand)er nod) unbcfd)riebenen 

 ©pecic« wetmutljen. Sm ^'»arifec ÜWufcnm bemetEte 

 mein 53tubet: 



a. eine a\i Col. exnletus Lf/in. bejlimmfe "ilrt, Vit 



burd) iljren bicferen Äopf bcn Uebergang ju Dipsas 

 inad)t, ffljr auggc^eid)nct burd) einen gropen ootberen 

 2(ugencanbfc6ilb, unb fet)c gtope 2lugen unb 4 bidjj 

 te SKeifcen oon Äd)Ifd)uppcn. Der Ußirbelfd)ilb 9I0« 

 denfärmtg, an ben Seiten ber Äccipitalfd)ilbet 2 

 grögetc unb ein kleinerer Sietnporalfcljilb. 3ro«P ()'"' 

 Uxt Äiigenranb; cber Äcbitalfdjilbet. 150 f 137. 



b. eine ber picta na^c |icf)enbe, burcf) grepcinet oon ben 

 Snfel SäJaigiu. ßin fdjnjatjlidicr ©ttid) burd) bie 



• 3tugen, langö ben Seiten bin fottgefciät, cibcc t)'« 

 iiid)t boppeit. 9Jod) auSfdjlicplicbcc auf SJäumen ju 

 leben fdjeinen bie 



Dryophis 

 tieffimmt jU fern, intern |Te «od) Ichtgct nt« bie 

 »ocigcn finb unb aud) ibrc gatbe bec ter 25uUtec 

 «bnlid) ij]. 3ni 2(ciipcrn untcrfd)eibet fie bie nubt 

 ober weniger jugcfpii^te ©djnanj«, nur einige bnben 

 ober einen bcppelten ober unteren SKiilJelfdjilb. ßm 

 fid) bei) allen 2(iten roiebettjolilenbe« ^ennjeidicn, 

 finb rocige ober gelbe Sang^ilreifen auf ben löaud); 

 f4)ilbecn. *D?an t«eig oon mehreren, baf fie nid)t 

 nuc gereijt heftig um fid) bellten, fonbern aud) 

 roic uiele ebenfalls gvön gefärbte unb auf Säumen 

 lebenbe Sautier tm 3otne ihre garbe oecÄnbetn. 



■Die befannten SpecieS fUnb 

 aus ■Jljtcij: 



i Col. n.isiiius Mcrr. Nr. i90- 



ü'jisri T. 1. pl. 12 befdjreibt ba« üon i()m abgebil» 

 >ete aui bec 9?ac{)bacfd;aft »on SUijigapatnam et^aU 



— 544 



(ene ßjrcmplar : Head miich broader than the 

 necl. , oblong, depreääed ahove , roiinded on 

 the sides , tlien coiiipressed and contracted at 

 the eycä, protniding into a long, straioht, 

 anguldi- poiiited rostriim, wich resäetnbles tlie 

 beak of a bird; with a snidi, soft obluse re- 

 llex piocess at tiie exlreniity : Occipiit cove- 

 red with suborbicular j imbricate scales; the 

 crown and rostriitn with eleven laminae; the 

 2 anterior of which are pyramidal ronnded at 

 tiie bafo, the 2 next ne.irly of the same form, 

 but larper, next a smjl pair triangulär; the 

 central lamina between the eyes spalulaform, 

 those of the sides conic.al, the posterior pair 

 seuiicordate. Mouth wide, the iipper jaw a 

 Utile longer than the Iower, the scale in front 

 not emarginatcd. The tecth reflex, slender, 

 Sharp; the anterior in both jaws less close , 

 thiker and longer, a marginal arul 2 paiatinal 

 rows in the upper. Eyes lateral, oval, promi- 

 nent, of golden colour, nostrils smal on the si- 

 de of the rostriim near the äpex. Trunk so- 

 inewhat 5 angular, the back being slightly ca- 

 rinated, the sides declining, the abdomen flat- 

 tish. Scales linear lanceol.ite, loosely set on 

 Ihe neck and forepart of the trunk, but on 

 the rest imbricate. Scales on the ridge of the 

 back and those next the scuta are rounder 

 oval. Caiida round long & slender, covered 

 with oval imbricate scales verv tnuch pointed 

 & thin at the cnd. The head has the appea- 

 rence of being tovered ^vith green velvet, witli 

 a vellow slreack on each cheek ; the rest in- 

 cluding the neck, the trunk and tail is of a 

 yellowish gras-green, when the animal is in 

 rest; but when provoke<l tiie neck and part of 

 the trunk swells, the scales which these lie [sie], | 

 looser separating froni each other discover the | 

 wliite interstitial skin, and some very dark | 

 scales, hardly observed before, with together 

 w-ith the white and blacis edges of some of 

 the other sc.ilcs produce a beauliful variega- 

 tion the green however dcmin^iting. From 

 the throat lo the onus on each side of the 

 belly rnns a yellowish white fillet, which be- 

 coming of a deaper yellow i» continuated a 

 long pait of the tail; two narrower fillets of 

 a briglit yellow colour tun along the midtllc of 

 the abdominal scut.i, but are not continned on 

 the tail. Scuta and sqiiamae are of a light 

 yellowish green. 



9Tacf) betirbbilbung fdjcinen gac feine Sletttporalfrfjilbet 

 «oc^anben ju fe^n. 



(Sine biefer 58«fd)reibung faff in oDen ©törfen enfs 

 fpred)enbe Sd)lange von bcn SWarianen befinbet (Tcf) in 

 tnel;teren Gfemplaten in ^azii, unb im fiepbencc 2J?ufeum, 



a Bottla Passer ichi Rüssel T. I. pl ij. 



