58 COLUBEIDiE. 



AUophis (Elaphis) ni^icaudus, Peters. Mon. Bed. Ac. 1872, p. 686. 

 Elaphis nigrioaudus, Peters Sf Doria, Ann. Mtis. Genova, xiii. 1878, 

 p. 387. 



Very muoh like C oxycephalus, but snout more obtuse and 

 rather shorter. Eostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; 

 internasals as long as broad, a little shorter than the prsefronfals ; 

 frontal once and one fourth to once and a half as long as broad, as 

 xong as or a little shorter than its distance from the end of the 

 snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal at least twice as 

 long as deep ; one large prseocular, in contact with the frontal ; 

 two postoculars; temporals 1 + 2 or 2+3; nine or ten upper 

 labials, fifth to seventh entering the e5'e ; five or six lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are much longer than 

 the posterior. Scales smooth or faintly keeled, in 23 or 26 rows. 

 Ventrals angulate laterally, 247-255; anal divided; subcaudals 

 133-140. Olive or yellowish brown above, some or all of the 

 scales black-edged ; entirely black posteriorly and on the taU ; a 

 black lateral stripe may be present. 



Total length 1990 millim. ; tail 450. 



North Celebes. 



a. c? (Sc. 23 ; V. 247 ; Manado. Dr. Bleaker. (Type.) 



C. 140). 

 h, c. d (Sc. 23, 25 ; V. Manado. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



253, 255 ; 0. 140, 



133). 



32. Coluber frenatus. (Plate III. fig. 1.) 



Herpetodryas frenatus, Gray, Ann. Sr Mag. N. S. (2) xii. 1853, 



p. 390. 

 Gonyoaoma frenatum, Giinth. Cat. p. 123 (1868), and Sept. Brit. 



Ind. p. 295 (1864) ; Theob. Cat. Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 190 (1876). 

 Coluber frenatus, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Mept. p. 335 (1890). 



Snout subacuminate, obliquely truncate and projecting. Eostral 

 a little broader than deep, hardly visible from above ; internasals 

 much shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal 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 parietals ; no loreal, praefrontal in 

 contact with the labials ; one large preeocular ; two postoeulars ; 

 temporals 2 + 2 or 2+3 ; nine (or eight) upper labials, fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior. Scales in 

 19 rows, dorsals faintly keeled. Ventrals with a lateral keel, 203- 

 204; anal divided; subcaudals 120-121. Uniform bright green 

 above ; a black streak along each side of the head, passing through 

 the eye ; upper lip and lower parts pale green, ventral keel whitish. 



Total length 830 millim. ; tail 240. 



Ehasi Hills. 



a. 2 (V. 203 ; C. 120). Khasi Hills. Sir J. Hooker [P.]. (Type.) 

 h. $ (V. 204 ; C. 121). Khasi Hills. T. 0. Jerdou, Esq. [P.]. 



