180. CHKYSOPELEA. 195 



2. DryopMops philippina. (Plate IX. fig. 2.) 



Chrysopelea rubescen8, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 145 (1858), and R^t. 

 Brit. Ind. p. 299 (1864). 



Agrees in structure with the preceding, except that the loreal is 

 absent, and the praeocular only just touches or is narrowly separated 

 from the frontal. Ventrals 177-184 ; subeaudals 118-123. Pale 

 olive or pale brown above, some of the scales black-edged, yellow or 

 pale olive beneath, dotted with darker ; some large black dots on 

 the head and neck ; a dark streak on each side of the head, passing 

 -through the eye. 



Total length 750 millim. ; tail 250. 



Philippine Islands. 



a. S (V. 177 ; C. 123). Oape Engano, N. Luzon. Whitehead Exped. 

 h, c. 2 (V. 184, 182; Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. 



0. 121, 118). [0.]. 



180. CHRYSOPELEA. 



Ckrysopelea, Soie, Isis, 1827, p. 520; Waffl. Syst. Amph. p. 188 

 (18.30) ; Diim. Sf Bibr. Erp. Gin. vii. p. 1040 (1854) ; Boulmg. 

 Faun. Ind., Sept. p. 371 (1890). 



Tyria, ^art., Fitzing. JV. Class. JRept. p. 29 (1826). 



Dendrophis, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 220 (1837). 



Chrysopelea, part., GfUnth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 145 (1858) ; Jan, Elenco 

 sist. Ofid. p. 86 (1863) ; Oimth. JRept. Brit. Ind. p. 298 (1864). 



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 pupU. Body elongate, 

 compressed ; scales smooth or feebly keeled, oblique, with apical 

 pits, in 17 rows ; ventrals with suture-Hke lateral keel and a notch 

 on each side corresponding to the keel. Tail long ; subeaudals in 

 two rows, keeled and notched like the ventrals. 



South-eastern Asia. 



Synopsis of the Species, 



Three or more rows of dorsal scales feebly 



but distinctly keeled; ventrals 202-221. 1. rhodopleuron,'^.\Q5. 

 Scales smooth or faintly keeled ; ventrals 



200-238 2. ornata, p. 196. 



Scales smooth ; ventrals 181-198 3. chrysocTdora, p. 198. 



1. Chrysopelea rhodoplenron. 



Chrysopelea rhodopleuron. Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 547 ; Dum. 8r Bibr. 



vii. p. 1045 (1854) ; Gunth. Cat. p. 145 (1858) ; Jan, Icon. G4n. 



38, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1869). _ ,j^ 



Dendrophis rhodopleuron, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 233, pi. ^h. 



figs. 11-13 (1837). 

 Chrysopelea vicina, Giinth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (4) ix. 1872, p. 27. 



viridis, Fischer, Arch. f. Nat. 1880, p. 222, pi. ix. figs. 13-17. 



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