260 GRIFFIN. 



Palawan, Manila. Mindoro, Tarlac, Polillo (Bureau of Science 

 collection). Widely distributed over southern Asia, the Malay 

 Peninsula and Archipelago. 

 <:/=. Scales in 13 rows. Brown or oli\c above, lighter below. 



Dendrophis punctulata ( Gray ) . 

 Ticao (Parenti mid Picaglia). Found elsewhere in northern and 

 eastern Australia, New Guinea, and the Moluccas. 

 I)'. Palatine and pterygoid teeth absent or few; maxillary bone short, with 



6 to 8 teeth in an uninterrupted series Genus Oligodon. 



c\ Anal entire. 



rf'. One postocular; no loreal. Dark brown above with a yellowish 



vertebral streak; yellowish below Oligodon modestus Gtinther. 



Southern Negros {GUnther). Found only in tlie Philippines. 

 (/-. One postocular; loreal present. "Dark purplish- brown above, with 

 yellow dots and a series of large transverse, rhomboidal, yellow, 

 black-edged spots; head yellow, with two chevron-shaped black 



bands". (Boulenger. ) Oligodon notospilus GUnther. 



Mindoro (GUnther). The type specimen only known. 

 d^. Two postoculars; loreal present. Dark purplish brown above, with 

 11, dark red, rhomboidal spots along the back. Ventral surface 



rose-red _ Oligodon iwahigensis Griffin. 



Iwahig, Palawan (Bureau of Science collection). 

 C-. Anal divided. Dark gray above, with very small, white, black-edged 

 spots; 2 chevron-shaped transverse bands on the head; ventral 



surface orange Oligodon schadenbergii Boettger. 



Busuanga (Boettger) . Known only from this locality. 

 a'. Maxillary teeth equal or nearly so, or the posterior ones decreasing in size. 

 6'. Scales with apical pits. 



e\ Scales forming straight longitudinal series Genus Elaphe. 



#. Anal divided. Bright bluish green. A large snake reaching a length 



of 2.3 meters Elaphe oxycephala (Boie). 



Legaspi, Luzon (Peters) ; Iwahig, Palawan (Bureau of Science 

 collection) . Common to the eastern Himalayas, the Malay Penin- 

 sula and Archipelago. 

 d'. Anal entire. 



e^. V^'ithout bars along sides. Nearly uniform reddish brown. 



Elaphe erythrura (Dumeril et Bibron). 



Luzon, northern Le3'te, Negros (GUnther, Boulenger) ; Daraga, 



Luzon (Peters) ; Manila (Jan) ; Loquilocun, Samar (Peters) ; 



Mindanao (.7. G. Fischer) ; Manila, Malabon, Tarlac; Occidental 



Negros, Polillo (Bureau of Science collection). Fovmd also in 



Celebes. 



e". With 3 to 14 black spots or bars on the anterior part of the body. 



• Except for the spots the coloring is the same as of E. erythrura. 



Elaphe philippina GriOin. 



Iwahig, Palawan (Bureau of Science collection) . Not known 



from any other locality. 



c'. Scales narrow and obliquely arranged; ventrals and subcaudals with 



suture-like lateral keels and a notch on each side corresponding to 



the keel ; vertebral row of scales not enlarged Genus Sendrelaphis. 



