1896.] DATTlACniANS OF THE MALAY PBJflNSULA. 879 



Subfamily Colubbin^e. 



14. P01.YOJDONTOPH13 GBMiNATUs, Boie. 

 Herpetodryas prionotus, Cantor, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 52. 

 Ahlabes mehtnocephahis, Giinther, R. B. I. p. 229. 

 Polyodonlophis geminatus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 185. 

 Cantor mentions a specimen from Malacca. Stoliczka ' found 



one example in the Botanical Gardens at Singapore, and there 

 are specimens in the British Museum from Singapore from 

 General Hardwicke and Dr. Dcnnys. 



Huh. Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



15. PoLTonoNTOPHis SAGITTARIUS, Cant. 

 Calamaria saghtaria. Cantor, p. 64. 

 Polyodontophis Sagittarius, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 187. 

 Cantor mentions one specimen from the Malay Peninsula. 

 Hah. West Ilhnalayas, Bengal, Assam, Malay Peninsula. 



10. XBNOCHRorms oehasogastbr, Cant. 

 Tropidonotus eefasogaster. Cantor, p. 92. 

 Xenochrophis cerasogaster, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 191. 

 Cantor mentions one specimen from the Province Wellesley. 

 Hah. Bengal, Assam, Khasi Hills, and Malay Peninsula. 



17. Teopidonotus TBiANOULiGEnrs, Boie. 

 Tropidonotus unihratus, part.. Cantor, p. 89. 

 Tropidonoius irianguUgerus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 224. 

 Stoliczka found this Snake in the collection he got from Penang 



and Province Wellesley, and there are specimens in the British 

 Museum from Penang and Singapore. 



Hah. Southern Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, 

 Java, and Ternate. 



18. Tropidonotus piscator, Schn. 

 Tropidonotus umbratus, part.. Cantor, p. 89. 

 Tropidonotus piscator, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 230. 



Stoliczka found this Snake {T. quincunctiatus) in the collection 

 he got from Penang and Province Wellesley. 



Var. A. There is a specimen in the British Museum from 

 Singapore. 



Var. B. There is a specimen in the British JIuseum from 

 Penang from Dr. Cantor. 1 obtained one specimen from the 

 Eacecourse, Penang. Ventrals 125 ; subcaudals 77. 



Hah. India, Burma, Southern China, Indo-China, Malay 

 Peninsula and Archipelago. 



' J. A.S. B. xxxix. part ii. 1870, p. 183. 

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