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178. Dkyophis peasinus Boie. 



Dryophis prasinus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 180 ; S. Flower, 

 P. Z. S. 1896, p. 890. 



" Ular poocho " of the Malays of Kedah. 



" Ngu kee-o pah-king-kop " of the Siamese (this term is also 

 applied to Dryophis myclerizans). 



I have obtained this elegant Tree-Snake from Alor Star, Kedah, 

 from Peuang (sea-level to 2500 feet), from Joliore Bahru, and from 

 Singapore ; and seen specimens from Selangor and Pahang. 



Habits. Cantor says of this species, "The very young ones are as 

 gentle as those of a more advanced age are ferocious." Hovpever, 

 a specimen 1314 mm. in length (that is to say an average-sized 

 adult) we kept in captivity for three months was always most 

 gentle and never attempted to escape, living at liberty in the 

 drawing-room, usually among the leaves of a small palm which 

 stood on a table, but sometimes going to the window to bask in the 

 sun ; and larger specimens even w hen first caught were perfectly 

 gentle and tame. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Burma, Cambodia, Lower Siara, 

 Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias, Sipora (Mentawei Islands), Java, 

 Lombok, Great Natuna, Borneo (I obtained a specimen at Kudat), 

 Celebes, Ternate, Philippines. 



179. Deyophis mycteeizans (L.). 



Dryophis mycterizans, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 182. 



The British Museum Catalogue mentions a specimen from Siam. 

 I have seen five from Bangkok, the largest about 1200 mm. in 

 length ; this snake was as gentle as D. prasinus. 



Hab. India, Ceylon, Burma, Siam. 



180. Deyophiops eubescens (Gray). 



Chrysopelea ruhescens, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxix. 1870, p. 195. 

 Dryophiops rubescens, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 194. 

 Hab. Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Sipora (Mentawei 

 Islands), Sirhassen (Natuna Islands), Borneo. 



181. Cheysopelea oenata (Shaw). 

 Chrysopelea ornata, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 196. 



The Ornate Tree-Snake is one of tne most beautiful and most 

 frequently seen reptiles in Siam and the Malay Peninsula. 



Localities. Var. A : Cantor and Stoliczka record it fromPenang, 

 where I obtained two specimens at sea-level and saw a third in 

 Mr. Van Sommeren's collection caught on the hill at an elevation 

 of 2500 feet. It is also known from Kulim in Kedah (S. S. P.), 

 Jelebu (Hanitsch), Kuala Lumpor (Van Sommeren coll.), and 

 Singapore (Dennys, Hanitsch, Eidley, and S. S.P.). 



Var. D : The British Museum Catalogue mentions two specimens 

 from Siam presented by Bowring and one from the Laos Mountains 

 collected by Mouhot. I obtained 19 individuals in Bangkok, 2 at 



