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112. Tkopidonotus stolatus (L.), 



Tropidonotus stolatus, Cantor, p, 90 ; Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 253. 

 Eecorded from Penang, Singapore and tbe Malay Peninsula. 

 ffab. Ceylon, India, Burma, China, Porraosa, Hainan, Hong- 

 kong, Malay Peninsula, Philippines. 



113. Teopidonotfs vittatfs (L.). 



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

 Cat. Snakes, i. p. 255. 



Eab. Malay Peninsula, Java, Celebes. 



114. Teopidonotus subminiatus, Schleg. 

 Tropidonotus subminiatus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 256. 

 Siamese. " Ngu lai-sarp." 



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

 this snake is recorded from the 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 Ave kept in captivity were observed to eat 

 frogs and small toads — Rana limnocJiaris, MicroJiyla ornata, and 

 Bvfo 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 

 chin-shields ; 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 



