BOIGA 



203 



bars are yellowish white and encircle body on anterior part; 

 belly grayish brown ; there are yellow spots on all the head scales . 

 except frontal, those in front of eye prominent; a line begins 

 on eye and runs along edge of parietal and around temporal 

 region to labials; two small posterior branches run a short dis- 

 tance on neck. There is a specimen in the Santo Tomas Mu- 

 seum, presumably from Samar. 



Rernarks. — This subspecies is probably more closely related 

 to the Palawan Boiga dendrophila miilticincta than to the Min- 

 danao B. dendrophila latifasciata. The number of ventrals 

 varies between 219 and 228 ; of subcaudals, between 80 and 87 ; 

 the ventrals average 223, 8 less than in B. dendrophila multi- 

 cincta, and the subcaudals average 83, which is 28 less than in B. 

 dendrophila vmlticincia; 10 is the usual number of lower labials. 

 None of the specimens examined shows the seventh labial broken. 

 The difference in color, the markings in the temporal region, and 

 the smaller number of subcaudals suffice to distinguish this 

 form from the other two Philippine subspecies. 



Table 40. — Measurements and scale counts of Boiga dendrophila divergens 



subsv. nov. 



186 

 805 

 806 



Locality. 



Collector. 



Laguna. 

 Polillo „ 



do ... 



Samar ... 

 Manila.. 



E. H. Taylor.. 

 C. Canonizado. 

 do 



C 



1-1 



■niTn. 



1.370 



1,128 



375 



Tiint. 



256 



-140 



74 



228 

 223 

 223 

 222 

 219 



(") 



Yes. 

 No. 

 No. 

 Yes. 

 No. 



'^ Tail mutilated. 



