176 Jowrnal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [ July, 1905, 
NAME OF SNAKE. Andamans.| Nicobars. 
| 
Dipsadomorphus ceylonensis,||! Gthr. ... a x 
Chrysopelea ornata§|i2 (Shaw) ake ... |(Narcondam) 
Cerberus rhynchops§|| (Schneid.) 34! ae x 
Fordonialeucobalia §|| (Schleg.) ne 
Bungarus ceruleus §|| (Schneid.) 
Naia tripudians,§|| Merr. 
,, bungarus,§|| Schleg. ... 
Platurus colubrinus§|| (Schneid.) 
Distira andamanica,* Annand. 
Hydrus platurus§}|| (Linn. ) 
Amblycephalus monticola|| (Cant, ) ae 
Lachesis cantoris* (Blyth)... 505 
eramineuss§|| (Shaw) 
purpureomaculatus§|| (Gray) 
) ee Se 
[Be Xie ca] 
x x X | 
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DOS Xeno ah ea 
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In the above list, the names of those snakes which are not 
represented in the Indian Museum by specimens either from the 
Andamans or from the Nicobars are printed in italics. In the 
first column a * indicates that a species is peculiar to the Andamans, 
the Nicobars or both archipelagoes ; a § that it has been recorded 
from the Malay Peninsula south of the Isthmus of Kra; a || that 
it is known from Assam or Burma. In the other columns, a x 
shows that a species is known to occur, a — that specimens have 
not been taken. 
Tt will be seen from this list that the Ophidian fauna of the 
islands has close affinities with that of Burma and Malaya, while 
there is possibly a less obvious connection with Ceylon. So far 
as we know, three species are peculiar to the Andamans, two to 
the Nicobars, and two to the Andamans and Nicobars together ; but 
our knowledge is still extremely limited, especially as regards the 
smaller snakes of the Nicobars. 
1 Dipsas fusca (Gray) apud Sclater, List Snakes, p. 47. 
2 Major Anderson has taken a specimen (var. A) on Narcondam. 
SO Ais ie a OS EO EN IO 
