94 SNAKES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



Table 13. — Measurements and scale counts of Matrix lineata (Peters). 



31 



32 



33 



34 



35 



36 



1714 



1716 



1716 



1717 



1743 



(4 



Locality. 



Collector. 



Buna wan, Ag-usan_, __ ' E. H. Taylor. 



do I do 



do - ._L I do 



do -I do 



do .,| do 



do. do 



do do 



do ' do 



do do 



do I do 



do_ - I do . 



do do 



j do I do 



Samar , F. Jagror 



34 



35 

 36 



1714 I 



1715 I 

 1716 

 1717 

 1743 



•r ^ 



2-1 

 2 : 





2 

 1-2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 



8 

 8-9 



9 



9 

 8-9 

 8 

 9 

 9 



3, 4, 6 

 I 4, 6 



'3, i. 

 3, 4. 

 3, 4, 



'\4, 6, 





J 3, 4, I 



i U. 6, I 



10 



10 



10 



9-10 



10 



9 



9 



6 

 6 

 6 



4. 6. 6 



4. 6, 6 



4. 6 



3. 4, 6 



4. 5. 6 

 4. 6. 6 

 3. 4. 6 



4. 5_ 

 . 6 



ii3: 



1+2 

 1 + 2 



(1+2, 



1+2 

 1 + 2 

 1+2 

 1+2 

 1+2 

 1 + 2 

 1 + 2 



!l+2 



d 

 9 

 cT 

 yg 

 yg 

 d 

 9 

 d 

 9 

 9 

 d 



132 

 137 

 136 

 138 

 138 

 138 

 138 



Collection. 



19 

 19 



19 

 19 



19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 



E. H. Taylor. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



19 Be 



I Mus 



■ Type. 



(») 

 68 

 65 

 64 

 71 

 (•) 

 66 



690 I 160 I 142 66 



Rcmafk.'^. — This species, according to Boulenger,* is closely 

 allied to Natrix crebripiDictata (Wiegmann) . There is however, 

 but a single anterior temporal in N. lineata. which character is 

 constant in the series of thirteen specimens. There is a very 

 much lower average of ventrals and subcaudals. The markings, 

 too, would seem to distinguish it. There are no vertebral lines 



* Cat. Snakes Bvit. Mus. 1 (1893) 262. 



