1028 Catalogue of Reptiles inhabiting the [Oct. 



Elaps intestinalis,* (Laurenti,) Var. 



Syn. — Maticora lineata, Gray : 111. Incl. Zool. 



Elaps furcatus, Schneider, Var. apud Schlegel, Cantor. 



Young and Adult. — Head above light chestnut ; lips and throat 

 yellowish white, upper lips spotted with black ; from the hindhead to 

 the tip of the tail a vermilion line, on each side of which a narrow, 

 serrated, black line. On the nearest two longitudinal series of scales 

 the ground colour appears as a reddish light grey longitudinal line, 

 beneath bordered by an equally broad black line, under which a narrow 

 buff-coloured line, bordered by a black serrated line, the teeth of which 

 are directed downwards, wedged in between the lateral margins of the 

 scuta and scutella. Scuta alternately pale citrine and iridescent black, 

 the latter colour occupying three to four scuta together, while the 

 former rarely appears on more than two. Tail above with two or 

 three distant black transversal bands ; beneath vermilion, with a con- 

 tinuation of the superior transversal bands. Iris black, pupil circular ; 

 tongue black. 



Scuta 223 to 238 ; Scutella 24 to 26. 



Habit. — Pinang, Singapore, Malayan Peninsula. 

 Sumatra. 



Excepting the colours, this variety otherwise perfectly agrees with 

 E. intestinalis. The neck is covered by 15, the rest of the trunk by 

 13 longitudinal series of smooth, not imbricate rhombic scales. It is 

 of no uncommon occurrence in the hills of Pinang, at Malacca, and at 

 Singapore. The largest individual was of the following dimensions : 



Length of the head, ft. Of inch. 



Ditto ditto trunk, 1 10 



Ditto ditto tail, If 



I ft. ll|inch. 

 Circumference of the trunk If inch. 



* Syn. Seba II, PI. 2, Fig 1 . 7. — Aspis intestinalis, Laurenti.— Coluber intestinalis, 

 Gmelin.— Russell II, PL 19. — Elaps furcatus, Schneider. — Coluber intestinalis, Shaw. — 

 Viperafurcata, Daudin.— Elaps furcatus, Schneider, apud Wagler, Schlegel. 



Habit. — Java, Mai wah, (Central India.) 



A collection of Reptiles, which Mr. J. W. Grant obtained from Saug'or, Malwah, 

 contained a single specimen. 



