EEPTILES 03? BRITISn BIRMA. 51 



PamUy PSAMMOPHID^. 



PSAMMODTNASTES, Ouilther. 



P. PULYEEULENTtJS, Giiiitlier. 

 Dipsas ferruginea, Blyth. 



a. Body 12-50 



Tail 2-75 =15-25. 



Colour uniform dark umber-brown, witb. some irregular ligbt- 

 reddiah patclies down tbe back, and some black spots. Head 

 symmetrically marked. Throat, belly, and tail brown. Chest 

 yellowish. Body bordered below with orange. Throat white- 

 spotted, and alternate scuta white-dotted at the sides. Iris brown ; 

 pupil black, narrowly edged with gold. Captured near Rangoon. 



b. Colour uniform ochraceous, with a few obsolete blackish 

 markings along the bade. Beneath bright yellowish with two 

 (aomeiimcs one or none) ilHform dotted streaks of deep reddisli 

 brown along the sides. Captured near llangoon. This species 

 is somewhat variable in colour and markings. It is not rare in 

 Pegu and Tenasserim, though specimens larger than the above are 

 not often seen. 



Pamily DENDEOPHIDtE. 

 GrOisTTOSOMA, Waaler. 



Gr. OXTCEPHALUM, Boie. 



a. Adult male. Body . . . 6G00 



Tail . . . 2400=90-00. 

 Colour uniform grass-green, pale below. A dark loreal streak. 

 The tail tinged with rusty ochre. This superb specimen was 

 sent to me from the Andamans by the late Dr. Morton, Civil 

 Surgeon of the settlement. I have myself shot nearly as fine 

 specimens in Tenasserim, but have never procured the species in 

 Pegu. 



ClIRTSOPELEA, JBoie. 



C. ounata, Shaw. 



a. Adult female. Body . . 40-00 



Tail . . 13-00 = 53-00 

 Colour jet-black, profusely spotted with pale yellow. The 

 coloration of this eminently handsome snake is pretty constant, 



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