DOLIOPHIS 



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The second Bunawan specimen, No. 53, E. H. Taylor collection, 

 is much darker brown, and the bands on the belly, 38 in number, 

 are black. In the Manila specimen the median dark line is broken 

 regularly by the yellowish longitudinal spots, which are about one- 

 third as long as the intervening dark areas. There are 41 bands 

 on the belly. 



A young specimen captured near Zamboanga, Mindanao, has 

 only three labials touching the anterior chin shields, and varies 

 markedly from the usual markings. The head is yellow, a black 

 spot involving the eye, and there is a spot on the sixth labial. 

 Instead of the median dark line, broken by a light spot, there is 

 a light line broken by short, black, rectangular spots, less than 

 half the length of the intervening light areas ; on either side of 

 the median line is a dark brown, darker-edged stripe beginning 

 at the eye and continuing regularly and unbroken to the tail ; 

 the belly is barred with bands of black and yellow, the color reach- 

 ing laterally up to the fourth scale row ; the black bars are wider 

 laterally, covering two or three ventral scales; there are a few 

 spots on the chin ; the tail is reddish below, with two narrow 

 black bars. 



Table 61. — Measurements and scale counts of Doliophis philippinujs 



(Giinther) . 



Remarks. — The type, a male specimen, was collected in the 

 Philippines by H. Cuming, the exact locality being no longer 

 known. In habits the species is very similar to its congener, 

 Doliophis bilineatus, and the curious habits recorded under that 

 species have also been observed in this species. It is a much 



