174 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. { July, 1909. 
grey. The markings on the side of the head and on the neck are, 
however, quite distinct, and the individual is otherwise normal. — 
We have in the Museum a similar specimen from Borneo. 
DeENnDROPHIS pictus (Gmel.) 
ecimen has been sent by Mr. Rogers from Henry Law- 
rence inasal Andamans. ‘I'he species appears to be common all 
over the Andamans and Nicobars. Some of the Andaman speci- 
ens, are very dark in colour, but this character does not seem 
a be constant 
TROPIDONOTUS PIscATOR (Schneid.) 
We have lately received aspecimen from the South Anda- 
mans, while we had =“ eady a number from several localities in the 
archipelago. I h not been able to find any r ecord of the 
occurrence of this common Indian species in the Nicobars 
TROPIDONOTUS NICOBARENSIS, Scl. 
T. nicobaricus Sclater, J.A.S. Bs hes (2), 1891, pp. 231, 250. 
T. nicobarensis, 7d., ‘ id, p. 
me nicobariensis, Boulenger, Oa Gee p- 192. : 
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‘DrpsapoMorPuus CEYLONENSIS, Gthr. 
Mr. Rogers has presented two specimens from the South 
Andamans. The snakes from Assam and the Andamans identi- 
fied by Mr. Sclater as Dipsas fusca, are poe individuals of this 
species, 
DIsTIRA ANDAMANICA, Sp. NOY. 
Head monet hardly separated from the neck ; the greater” 
depth of the latter half that of the body; body deep, ape y 
compressed ; tail rk Rostral much broader than deep ; the 
shorter than frontal, three times as long as the suture between # 
preefrontals ; frontal not much longer than broad, shorter than a 
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two pairs of sub-equal chin shields, the posterior pair — 
