'34 COLDBEIDiB. 



Total length 280 millim. ; tail 52. 

 Philippine Islands. 



a. S (V. 144; 0.40). Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type.) 



136. ITHYCYPHUS. 



Coluber, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 125 (1837). 

 Herpetodryas, part., Schleg. I. c. p. 173. 



Dryophylax, part., JDum. ^ Bibr. JErp. G6n. vii. p. 1103 (1854). 

 Philodryas, part., Oiinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 123 (1868) ; Jan, Elenco 



sist. Ofid. p. 83 (1863). 

 Ithycyphus, Qunth. Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (4) xi. 1873, p. 374. 



MaxiUary teeth 15 to 18, subequal, followed, after a short inter- 

 space, by a pair of enlarged, grooved fangs ; anterior mandibular 

 teeth longest. Head distinct from neck ; eye mod6ra,te, with round 

 pupil. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth, with apical pits, in 21 

 rows ; ventrals obtusely angulate laterally. Tail long ; subcaudals 

 in two rows. Hypapophyses developed throughout the vertebral 

 column. 



Madagascar ; Comoro Islands. 



1. Ithycyphus gondoti. 



Herpetodryas goudotii, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 187 (1837). 

 Dryophylax goudotii. Bum. 8f Bibr. vii. p. 1122 (1854). 

 Philodryas goudotii, Oiinth. Cat. p. 125 (1858). 

 Ithycyphus caudolineatus, Giinth. Ann. ^ Mag. iV. S". (4) xi. 1873, 

 p. 374. 



Eostral twice as broad as deep, just visible from above ; inter- 

 nasals longer than broad, shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal 

 bell-shaped, once and one third to once and a half as long as broad, 

 as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 

 parietala ; loreal twice to thrice as long as deep ; one praeocular 

 (sometimes divided), in contact with the frontal ; three postoculars ; 

 temporals 14-2 or 2+2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 entering the eye ; four or five lower labials in contact with • the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are much shorter than the posterior. 

 Scales in 21 rows. Ventrals 170-209 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 

 121-175. Yellowish or pale brown above, uniform or with more 

 or less distinct angular or arrowheaded black markings ; some of 

 the scales may be white-edged ; upper lip yeUow ; a black line on 

 each side of the head, passing through the eye ; two more or less 

 distinct black streaks on each side of the tail.; belly yellowish or 

 pale brown, uniform or spotted with black ; tail frequently with a 

 black line along its lower surface. 



Total length 830 millim. ; tail 340. 



Madagascar. 



a-a. (? (V. 170, 175 ; S. Madagascar. (Types of I. caudo- 



0. 128, 165) & $ lineatus.) 



(V. 181, 180: 0.?, 

 170). 



