824 E.EPTILIA. 



DENDEOPHID^. 



Genus Gonyosoma, Wagler. 



GONYOSOMA GRAMINEUM, Gthr. 



Gonyosoma gramineum, Giinther, Kept. B. Ind., 1864, p. 294, pi. 293, fig. D ; Theobald, Descr. 

 Cat. Kept., Brit. Ind., 1876, p. 191. 



Upper surface grass- green, a yellow line along the keel of the ventrals and 

 sub-caudals ; beneath, pale yellow-green. Upper labial shields and those of the 

 lower jaw, pale yellowish-green. 



Length 37 inches; head 0*80; tail 9*25. 



Ventrals (keeled) 193. Sub-caudals 99. Anal bifid. Nineteen rows of fully 

 keeled scales. Head flat, moderately large with an obtusely rounded snout. Rostral 

 nearly twice as high as broad. Prefrontals sub-triangular, rounded in front, nearly 

 half as large as the postf rentals. Postfrontals much broader than long, bent 

 down on the side of the head to the low loreal. Vertical moderately sized. Lateral 

 margins equal, the anterior margins are strongly convergent and slightly con- 

 cave; hinder margins meet at a right angle. Occipitals rounded behind, their 

 suture equals the length of the vertical. Nostril rather prominent, between two 

 almost united nasals. Loreal rather low, oblong. One preocular reaching to the 

 upper surface of the head. Temporals 2 + 2 in contact with postoculars. Nine 

 upper labials, fourth, fifth and sixth orbital. Seventeen rows of maxillary teeth of 

 nearly equal size. 



One specimen which has been compared with the type was found at Bhamo. 



Genus Dendrophis, Eoie. 

 Dendeophis picta, Gmelin. 



Seba, Thes., 1734, vol. i, pi. xeix, No. 3. 



Coluber filiformis, Linn., Mus. Adolph. Frid., 1754, pi. xvli, fig. 2, juv. j Russ., Ind. Serp., vol. ii, 



1801, pis. XXV & xxvi. 

 Coluber caruleus, Bonnat., Ophiol. Encyel. Method., 1784, p. 30. 



Coluber pictus, Gmel., Syst. Nat., 1788, p. 1116. ' 



Coluber decorus, Shaw., Gen. Zool., 1802, vol. iii, p. 538 ; Merr. Tent., 1820, p. 128. 

 Leptophis maniar, Bell, Zool. Journ., vol. ii, 1825, p. 329. 

 Ahmtulla decora, Gray, Ann. Phil., 1825, p. 16. 

 Bipsas scJwkari, Kuhl, Beitriige, 1826, p. 80. 

 Dendrophis pictus, Boie, Isis., 1827, p. 530; Jan & Sord., Icon. Ophid., No. xxxii, 1869, pi. i ; 



Theob., Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. xi, 1868, p. 52 ; id., Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 



ex. No., 1868, p. 59; Stol., Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xlii, 1873, p. 162. 

 Dendrophis picta, Wagler, Syst. Kept., 1830, p. 183; Schleg., Phys. Serp., 1837, vol. i, p. 157, and 



vol. ii, p. 228, pi. ix, figs. 5-7 ; Dum. & Bibr., Erpet. Gen., vol. vii, 1854, p. 197 ; Giinth., Cat. 



Col. Sn., 1858, p. 148; Kept., B. Ind., 1864, p. 297; Stol., Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. 



xxxix, 1870, pp. 137, 138, 141; id., op. cit., vol. xlii, 1873, p. 114; Anders., Journ. As. Soc, 



Bengal, vol. xl, 1871> 35; var. andamanemis ; id., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 184; Theobald,. 



