230 COITJBEID^. 



31. Tropidonotus sancti-johannis. (Plate XV. fig. 1.) 



Tropidonotus quincunciatus, var., Oiinth. Cat. p. 66 (1858), and 

 JRept. Brit. Ind. p. 261 (1864) ; Blanf. Journ. As. Soe. Beng. 

 xxxix. 1870, p. 371 ; Stoliczka, Joiirn. As. 8oc. Beng. xl. 187], 

 p. 4.32, pi. xxvi. fig. 1. 



sancti-johannis, Boideng. Faun. Ind., Sept. p. 350 (1890). 



Yery closely allied to T. piscator, but scales feebly keeled, some- 

 times nearly smooth, the two to four outer rows smooth ; frequently 

 fourth labial only entering the eye. Ventrals 134^158 ; suboaudals 

 80-98. Pale olive above, uniform or with black spots arranged 

 quincuncially, or with two series of whitish spots along the body ; 

 beUy uniform yellowish. 



Total length 1100 milUm. ; tail 290. 



Should perhaps rank as a variety of T. piscator. 



Himalayas ; North-west and Central Provinces, India. 



a. Yg. (V. 158 ; 0. 85). Cashmere. Sir 0. B. St. John [CI. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 

 [P.]. (Type.) 

 h-h. 6 (V. 140, 143, Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



143, 143 ; C. 98, 94, [P.]. 



96, 86) & $ (V. 153, 

 151, 154 ; C. 87, 80, 

 84). 

 i. $ (V. 156 ; C. ?). Kulu, Himalayas. Messrs. v. Schlagin- 



tweit [0.]. 

 ^- S (V. 143 ; C. P). Jamu, Himalayas. Messrs. v. Schlagin- 



tweit [C.]. 

 /. ? (V. 151 ; C. 82). Darjeeling. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



m. S (V. 141 ; C. 88). Chanda; Central W. T. Blauford, Esq. 



Provinces. [P-]- 



n. c? (V. 134; C. 88). Sharigh, near W. T. Blauford, Esq. 



Harnai. [P-]- 



32. Tropidonotus piscator. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. i. pis. xx., xxviii., & xxxiii. (1796), and ii. pis. iii., 



v., xiv., &xv.a (1801). 

 Hydrus piscator, Schneid. Hist. Amph. i. p. 247 (1799). 



palustris, Schneid. I. c. p. 249. 



Coluber anostomosatus, Daud. Bept. vii. p. 140 (1803). 



umbratus, Daud. I. c. p. 144. 



braminus, Daud. I. c. p. 176. 



mortuarius, Daud. /. c. p. 187. 



dora, Daud. I. c. p. 191. 



Enhydris piscator, Oken, Lehrh. Naturg. iii. p. 233 (1816). 

 Coluber bengaleusis, Oray, III. Ind. Zool. ii, pi. Ixxxii. fig. 1 (1834). 



rectangulus, Oray, I. e. fig. 2. 



Tropidonotus melanozostus, Bote, Isis, 1826, p. 206. 



piscator, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 535. 



mortuarius, Boie, I. c. 



Coluber hippus, Eeuss, Mus. Senckenh. i. 1834, p. 150, pi. ix. fig. 2. 



