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112. Tbopidonotus stolattjs (L.). 



Trojyidonotits stolaius, Cantor, p. 90 ; Blgr. Cat. Snnkes, i. p. 253. 



Recorded from Penang, Singapore and the Malay Peninsula. 

 Hah. Ceylon, India, Burma, China, Porraosa, Hninan, Hong- 

 kong, Malay Peninsula, Philippines. 



113. Tropidohottts tittatus (L,). 



Tropidonoius vittatus, Stol. J. A. S. B. 1873, pt. 2, p. 114 ; Blgr. 

 Cat. Snakes, i. p. 255. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Java, Celebes. 



114. Teopidonotits subminiatus, Schleg. 

 Tropldonotus suhminiatus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 256. 

 Siamese. " Ngu lai-sarp." 



Localities. I have not been able to find out on what authoritv 

 this snake is recorded from tbe Malay Peninsula. M. Mouhot 

 obtained specimens from Siam, Cambodia, and the Laos Mountains. 

 I have seen seven Bangkok specimens, one being from the Eong 

 Law on tbe west bank of the Menan, but most were caught in 

 the compound of the Siamese Museum. 



Habits. Specimens we kept in captivity were observed to eat 

 frogs and small toads — Eana limnocharis, Microhyla omata, and 

 Btifo melanostictus. 



Description. 



Specimens 2 and 5 had five low er labials on each side in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields ; specimens 1 and 6 had five lower 

 labials on one side and six on the other in contact with the anterior 

 chiu-sbields ; in specimens 3 and 4 the anterior chin-shields w ere 

 a little longer than the posterior. 



Colour (in life). Above dark olive-brown (browner on the body, 

 greener on the head and neck), more or less obscurely mottled 

 with black. The skin between the scales is yellow or greenish 

 golden and shows as bright reticulations, especially when the 

 snake is distended with food. Young specimens have a jet-black 

 cross-band on the nape, bordered posteriorly by a narrow bright 



