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SNAKES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



gros, Panay, Mindoro, Polillo, Palawan, Busuanga, Mindanao, 

 Lapac, and Cagayan Sulu. It is also reported from Samar. 



Outside of the Philippines it occurs over southern Asia, Ma- 

 lay Peninsula, Malay Archipelago to the Moluccas, and New 

 Guinea. 



These snakes are usually taken in small bushes or trees. 

 They are arboreal in habit, and feed on lizards and frogs. The 

 species is absolutely harmless. It is confused by many Filipinos 

 with Dryophis prasinus, the so-called dahon palay, which is re- 

 garded by them as deadly poisonous. In Negros I have seen 

 this species handled by schoolboys who do not fear it. It is 

 there called maninini. 



Table 32. — Measurevients and scale counts of Dendrophis pictus (Chnelin) . 



Locality. 



6 

 109 

 404 

 481 

 435 

 444 

 476 

 483 

 633 

 651 

 1463 

 219 



Mindanao . 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Collector. 



Age or 

 sex. 



E. H. Taylor. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Negros do - 



do I do. 



do do . 



do I do. 



do ! do. 



ye 

 9 



cT 



d" 

 V 



re 

 9 

 cT 

 d" 

 cT 



0" 



Length. ! Tail. 



Vent- 

 rals. 



Sub- 

 cau- 

 dals. 



vun. 

 375 

 886 

 920 

 740 

 648 

 294 

 910 

 760 

 840 

 795 

 760 

 1,145 



7)1 m. 



136 



302 

 <i315 

 a 263 



230 

 98 



326 



264 

 -264 



285 

 »240 



397 



171 

 171 

 169 

 169 

 176 

 176 

 172 

 181 

 170 

 171 

 163 

 180 



166 

 136 

 (») 

 (•) 

 163 

 139 

 147 

 146 

 (») 

 161 

 (') 

 148 



Labials. 



Upper. 



7-9 

 9 



10-9 

 10 

 10 



10 



9 

 10 



10 

 10 

 10 



Tempo- 

 Enter i ™'''- 



6,6 

 5.6 

 4.6 

 4,5,6 

 5.6 



2-1-2 

 24-2 

 2-1-2 



2 1-2 



Scale- 

 rows, 



E.H.Taylor. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



» Mutilated. 



