1896.] BATRACHIANS OF TUB MALAY PHNINSULA. 883 



Cantor obtained two specimens in the hills of Penaug; Sloliczka 

 found it in the collection he got from Penang and Province 

 Wellesley ; and there is a specimen in the Bi'itish Museum from 

 Singapore. 



liah. Eastern Himalayas, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Note. — Peters (Mouatsb.. Berl. Ac. 1859, p. 269) mentions a 

 specimen from Malacca. 



38. Coluber mblanuhus, Schl. 



Coluher melanurus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 60. 



I obtained specimens from Province Wellesley and Singapore ; 

 there are several specimens in the JiaHles 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. COLUBEE BADIATU3, Schl. 



Coluber radialus, 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. GoNTOPHis mahoaeitatus, 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. PI. (6) viii. 1891, p. 290). 

 Hab. Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 



41. Dbndeophis 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 

 Tangiiu, 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 fonnosus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 84. 



I obtained one specimen of this handsome Snake from Crangi, 

 Singapore, and another from Province AVellesley ; 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- 



