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PSEUDOHHABDIUM 



179 



Remarks. — The only record for this snake in the Philippines 

 is that of Peters, at Daraga, Luzon. Evidently it is very rare. 

 The species is known from Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Nias, Su- 

 matra, and Celebes. 



PSEUDORHABDIUM OXYCEPHALUM (Gunther) 



Rhahdosoma oxycephalum Gunther, Cat. Col. Snakes (1858) 242. 

 Oxycalamus oxycepliahis Gunthee, Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1873) 



168 (fig.); BOETTGEE, Ber. Senck. Nat. Ges. (1886) 105; Casto db 



Eleea, Cat. Fauna Filipinas 1 (1895) 425. 

 Pseiidorhahdium oxycephalum Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. 2 



(1894) 329; Griffin, Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 6 (1911) 262; Taylor, 



Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 12 (1917) 364. 



Description of species. — Closely allied to Pseudorhabdium 

 longiceps. Frontal a little broader than long, about half as long 



Fig. 14. I'seudorhahdium oxycephalum (Gunther) ; after Boulenger 

 h, head, lateral view ; c, head) ventral view. 



head, dorsal view ; 



as parietal; supraoculars narrow, smaller still, and confluent 

 with postocular; no separate postocular; rostral barely visible 

 above; internasals small, about one-sixth of prefrontals; latter 

 longer than wide, in contact with 2 labials, entering eye ; inter- 

 nasal in contact with second labial; no loreal or preocular; a 

 large posterior temporal bordering parietals; frontal broader 

 than long, about four or five times as wide as supraocular; 5 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering eye, fifth largest; 3 

 lower labials touching first chin shields, which are as long as 

 but nari'ower than second pair; scales in 15 smooth rows, with 

 no apical pits; anal entire; male, ventrals, 136; subcaudals, 23; 

 female, ventrals, 152; subcaudals, 16. 



Color. — Uniform iridescent blackish brown. 



Measurements of Pseiidorhahdium oxycephalu'm (Gunther). 



Total length 

 Snout to vent 

 Tail 



280 



260 



20 



