54. ZAMBNIS. 



385 



k. S (V.168; C.?). 

 h-m. S (V. 166 ; C. ?) & 

 hgr. (V. 170; C. 134). 

 n. Yg. (V.162; 0.140). 

 o,p. Skulls. 



Singapore. 

 Java. 



Malay Archipelago. 

 E. Indies. 



Dr. Dennya [P.]- 

 G. Lyon, Esq. [P.]. 



Dr. Bleeker. 



3. Zamenis mucosus. 



Russell, Ind. Set-p. i. pi. xxxiv. (1796), and ii. pi. xxiii. fig. 2 



(1801). 

 Coluber mucosus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 388 (17661 : Baud. Kept. vi. 



p. 355 (1803). 

 Natrix mucosa, Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 77 (1768). 

 Coluber blumenbachii, Merr. Tent. p. 119 (1820) ; Schleg. Phys. 



Serp. ii. p. 137, pi. y. figs. 7 & 8 (1837). 



dhumna, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 51. 



Coryphodon blumenbachii, Dum. §• JBibr. yii. p. 184 (1854) ; GUnth. 



Cat. p. Ill (1858) ; Jan, Icon. Gin. 24, pi. iii. figs. 2-4 (1867). 

 Leptophis trifrenatus, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 503. 

 Ptyas mucosus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 563 ; Giinth. Rept. 



Brit. Ind. p. 249 (1864); Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 



1870, p. 185 ; Blanf. t. c. p. 372 ; Theoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. 



p. 168 (1876) ; Anders. An. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 816 (1879) ; 



Boettg. Zool. Jahrb. iii. 1888, p. 981. 

 Zamenis mucosus, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 324 (1890). 



Snout slightly projecting, obtuse ; eye very large. Rostral a 

 little broader than deep, visible from above ; internasals shorter 

 than the praefrontals ; frontal once and a quarter to once and a half 

 as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, 

 as long as the parietals or slightly shorter ; usually three loreals ; 

 one large prseocular, not in contact with the frontal, with a small 

 subocular below it ; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 ; eight upper 

 labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; five lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the 

 posterior ; latter in contact anteriorly. Scales more or less strongly 

 keeled on the posterior part of the back, in 17 rows. Ventrals 

 187-208 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 95-140. Brown above, 

 frequently with more or less distinct black cross bands on the 

 posterior part of the body and on the tail ; young usually with 

 light cross bands on the front half of the body. Lower surfaces 

 yellowish ; the posterior ventral and the caudal shields may be 

 edged with black. 



Total length 2100 millim. ; tail 500. 



Transcaspia, Afghanistan, India and Ceylon, Burma, Southern 

 China, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Java. 



a. 6 (V. 188; C. 112). 



h-c. 3 (V. 187; 0. 105) 

 & 5 (V. 201 ; C. 109). 



d^g. Hgr. (V. 195, 201 ; 

 C. 95, 103) & yg. (V. 

 192,194; 0.98,105). 



VOL. I. 



Kowloon, Hong 



Kong. 

 Formosa. 



Cashmere. 



H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 

 R. Swinhoe, Esq. [0.]. 

 T. 0. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



2c 



