CHRYSOPELEA 



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it escaped without being captured. Three specimens are listed 

 in Boulenger's Catalogue; one is from northern Luzon, and the 

 other two are specimens collected by H. Cuming, labeled "Philip- 

 pines." 



The species is arboreal and feeds on small lizards for the 

 most part. The grooved fangs suggest the presence of poison 

 glands. The poison is incapable of serious Injury to larger 

 animals or man. 



Table 44. — Measurements and scale counts of Dryophiops philippina 



Boulenger. 



132 



207 

 I486 

 1487 



695 



Locality. 



Collector. 



Lamao, Bataan . 



Manila 



Mindoro 



do 



Sibuyan 



H. C. McNamara 



Mrs. Graham 



Marine Biological Expedition . 



do 



H. M. Weber 



Ven 

 trals 



186 

 181 



179 

 186 



E. H. Taylor. 

 Bureau of Science 



Do. 



Do. 

 E. H. Taylor. 



■> Mutilated, 



Genus CHRYSOPELEA Bole 



Chrysopelea BoiE, Isis (1827) 520; Wagler, Syst. Amph. (1830) 

 188; Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. 3 (1896) 195. 



"Maxillary teeth 20 to 22, subequal, the last three a little 

 longer and grooved; anterior mandibular teeth longest. Head 

 distinct from neck; eye rather large, with round pupil. Body 

 elongate, compressed; scales smooth or feebly keeled, oblique, 

 with apical pits, in 17 rows; ventrals with suture-like lateral 

 keel and a notch on each side corresponding to the keel. Tail 

 long; subcaudals in two rows, keeled and notched like the ven- 

 trals." (Boulenger.) 



Only a single species, Chrysopelea ornata (Shaw), enters the 

 Philippines. It is a widely distributed form and varies much 

 in coloration. The loreal is a variable element. 



