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Ophites, Wagler. 

 Body and tail slender, compressed, strongly keeled below. 

 Head depressed, distinct from neck. Nostril between two shields. 

 Scales keeled in 17 rows. Subcaudals bifid. Pupil erect. One 

 of the anterior maxillary teeth enlarged with a blank space 

 behind it. An enlarged mandibular tooth in front. 



0. sp. 



An undescribed species is recorded by Anderson from Yunan 

 and Momein, so the genus probably will be met with in Barmah. 

 The two known species being recorded from Java, Pinang and 

 Sumatra. {Vide Anderson, J. A. S., B., part II, 1873, p. 36.) 



0. albofuscus, D. et B. 



Scales in 17 rows, strongly keeled. Anal bifid. Prsefrontals 

 short, much broader than long. Nostril situated between two 

 nasals, the prsefrontal and first labial. Loreal squarish. One 

 prseocular. Two postoculars. 8 upper labials, the third, fourth, 

 and fifth entering the orbit. Colour light reddish with some 50 

 brown cross bands, which are twice or thrice as broad as the 

 interspaces. A reddish white collar. 



Grows to 24-7 inches. ( Tail 8-5.) 



Dumeril's type came from Sumatra, but Gunther describes a 

 second specimen said to have come from India (Malabar Coastj. 



Family Amblycephalid.*;. 

 Body slender, compressed. Head short, thick, very distinct 

 from the neck. Eye moderate, with vertical pupil. Nostril in a 

 single plate. Scales smooth or faintly keeled in 13 or 15 rows. 

 The vertebral row enlarged. Maxillary teeth few and small. 

 Palatal and mandibulary teeth strong anteriorly. 



Pakeas, Wagler. 

 Scales smooth or faintly keeled in 15 rows. The vertebrals 

 largest or keeled. Ventrals rounded. Subcaudals bifid. 



