SNAKES OF CEYLON. 



ERRATA. 



With the exception of the sub-family Hydrophiinse, which I 

 have revised, I have adopted in this work the nomenclature 

 used in Boulenger's Catalogue, 1893 to 1896. Since this book 

 was written I have been engaged writing a hand Hst of the Indian 

 snakes, and I find that in some cases the generic and specific 

 names used by Boulenger do not appear to be valid. The follow- 

 ing corrections are, therefore, called for : — 



Page 89 : For " TROPIDONOTUS " read "NATRIX." 

 Page 102 : For " AMPHIESMA " read " RHABDOPHIS." 

 Page 146 : For " LYCODON " read " OPHITES." 

 Page 171 : For " ZAOCYS " read " PTYAS." 

 Page 233 : For " O. subgriseus " read " O. taeniolatus." 

 Page 250 : For " ABLABES," read " LIOPELTIS." 

 Page 255 : For " CERBERUS " read " HURRIA." 

 Page 285 : For " DIPSADOMORPHUS " read " BOIGA." 

 Page 344 : For " ATURIA " read " MICR0MA8T0PHIS 

 Gen. Nov." 



Page 368 : For " CHITULIA " read " ATURIA." 



Page 390 : For " PR^SCUTATA " read " THALASSOPHIS." 



will soon discover how important the shielding of the head 

 is in identification. 



The first thing to do is to lay the specimen on its back 

 and search for the opening of the cloaca, a transverse 

 slit in the posterior part of its length. This demarcates the 

 end of Hhe body and the commencement of the tail. The 

 body and tail should then be measured and noted. The 

 shields on the belly (ventrals) should then be ppimted and 



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