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SNAKES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



Table 19.—Measure7nents and scale counts of Hnrria rynchops 

 {Schneider) — Continued. 



Touch 

 first 

 chin 



shields, 



Loreal touches 

 internasal. 



Collection. 



Bureau of Science. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



^ Injured. 



Remarks. — This widely distributed snake is found from India 

 to the Pelew Islands, occurring in Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, the 

 East Indies, and the Moluccas. In the Philippines it has been 

 reported from Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan, Negros, Bantayan, 

 Cuyo, and Polillo. 



HURRIA MICROLEPIS (Boulenger) 



Plate 6, figs. 1 to 3 



Cerberus cinereus, part., Gray, Cat. Vip. Snakes (1849) 64. 

 Cerberus microlepis Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. 3 (lS9(i) 18, 

 pi. 2, fig. 2. 



Description of species.^ (From Boulenger.) "Closely allied 

 to [Ce^'berus] rhyncliops. but only three (exceptionally four) 

 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; loreal 

 not touching the internasal; scales much smaller, in 29 rows, 

 rather feebly keeled; and ventrals more numerous, 163-165. 

 Dark olive above, with darker spots ; a dark streak on each side 

 of the head, passing through the eye; yellowish beneath, much 

 spotted or marbled with blackish. 



"Total length 660 millim. ; tail 120." 



Rcmnrks.—The types were collected by H. Cuming; the exact 

 localities are no longer known. Griffin reports a specimen of 

 this species from Camiguin, Babuyan Islands. As the specimen 



