1896.] BATRACHIANS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 883 
Cantor obtained two specimens in the hills of Penang; Stoliczka 
found it in the collection he got from Penang and Province 
Wellesley ; and there is a specimen in the British Museum from 
Singapore. 
Hab, Eastern Himalayas, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
Note.—Peters (Monatsb. Berl. Ac. 1859, p. 269) mentions a 
specimen from Malacca. 
38. CoLUBER MELANURUS, Schl. 
Coluber melanurus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 60. 
I obtained specimens from Province Wellesley and Singapore ; 
there are several specimens in the Raffles Museum, one being 
1830 mm. in length. Stoliczka found it in the collection he got 
from Penang and Province Wellesley ; and there are specimens in 
the British Museum from Penang and Singapore. 
Hab. Southern China, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, 
Borneo, and Java. 
39. CoLUBER RADIATUS, Schl. 
Coluber radiatus, Cantor, p. 73; Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 61. 
Cantor records this species from Penang, Singapore, and the 
Peninsula; Stoliczka found it in the collection he got from Penang 
and Province Wellesley ; and there is a specimen in the British 
Museum from Penang from Gen. Hardwicke’s collection. 
Hab. Southern China, Eastern Himalayas, Bengal, Assam, 
Burma, Cochinchina, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java. 
40. GONYOPHIS MARGARITATUS, Ptrs. 
Gonyophis margaritatus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 71. 
Mr. Boulenger mentions a specimen from Singapore, now in the 
Indian Museum, Calcutta (Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) viii. 1891, p. 290). 
Hab. Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 
41. DENDROPHIS PICTUS, Boie. 
Leptophis pictus, Cantor, p. 82. 
Dendrophis pictus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 78. 
I obtained this species at Kulim, Kedah, at Taiping, Perak, at 
Tanglin, Singapore, and from Linga Island. Cantor found it at 
Penang, and Stoliczka in the collection he got from Penang and 
Province Wellesley. 
Hab. Eastern Himalayas, Bengal, hills of Southern India, 
Burma, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
42, DENDROPHIS FORMOSUS, Boie. 
Dendrophis formosus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 84. 
I obtained one specimen of this handsome Snake from Crangi, 
Singapore, and another from Province Wellesley; the latter 
1372 mm. in length. The colours of the former when freshly 
killed were: top of head dark red-brown ; upper surface of neck 
