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6. Coluber Schrenckii, Strauch. 



Elaphis Schi-enckii, Strauch, op. cit. p. 100. 



This species was described from specimens from the 

 Chingan Mountains (Amoor), Posiette Bay and Wladi- 

 vostok, and Hakodate in Japan. A specimen from the 

 Ussuri River, received from the Warsaw Museum, is in the 

 British Museum. 



7. Coluber tamiurus, Cope. 

 Elaphis tceniurus, Strauch, op. cit. 



Its range extends from Novgorodski (Strauch) to the 

 Eastern Himalaya, Indo-China, Borneo, and Sumatra. The 

 most northern specimens preserved in the National Collec- 

 tion are from hills north-west of Peking. 



8. Tropidonotus tigrinus } Boie. 

 Strauch, op. cit. p. 176. 



Common in North China and Japan. Recorded by Strauch 

 from Strelok Bay (Peter the Great Bay). A specimen from 

 Gensan, Corea, is in the British Museum. 



9. Tropidonotus vibakari, Boie. 

 Strauch, op. cit. p. 174. 



This common Japanese snake was first recorded from con- 

 tinental Asia by Strauch, whose specimens are from Posiette 

 Bay and Baranowsky on the River Suifin. Two specimens 

 from Chabarowka are in Hr. Dorries's collection, and present 

 the following characters : — 



One or two pra3- and three postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 + 1, 

 or 1 + 1+2, or 1 + 2 + 2; seven upper labials, third and 

 fourth entering the eye ; in one specimen the sixth labial on 

 one side is excluded from the labial margin and becomes a 

 temporal. Scales in 19 rows, with distinct apical pits. 

 Ventrals 150, 151 ; anal divided; subcaudals 59, 60. Uni- 

 form grey-brown above, head marbled with black ; lips yel- 

 lowish, with black bars down the suture of the shields ; a 

 yellowish black-edged spot on each side of the occiput ; lower 

 parts yellowish white, with a series of small brown spots on 

 each side. 



10. Vipera berus } L. 

 Strauch, op. cit. p. 206. 



Extends, like Lacerta vivipara, from Europe to Man- 

 churia, as far south as Posiette Bay and Saghalien Island. 



