KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 55. N:0 3- 



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35. Chrysopelea ornata Shaw. 



Two specimens, Sop Tue, near Nakorn Lampang, Northern Siarn, 19 /. r . 1914. 



Three specimens, Koh Lak, Siamese Malaya, 27 /n 1914. 



Two specimens (imm.), Koh Lak, Siamese Malaya, u /ig 1914. 



All the specimens collected of this beautiful snake belong to the Variety D. in 

 Boulenger's Catalogue Brit. Mus. Flower and several other authors state that 

 this is a very fierce snake which vvas also confirmed by the behaviour of the spe- 

 cimens I obtained. It most often frequents low trees and bushes especially near water 

 but sometimes it descends on the ground, and even here it is very agile. 



N:o 



Locality 



Ventrals 



Last 



Sub- 



ventral 



cauda 



divided 



120 

 120 





128 





128 





130 



? 



130 



divided 



118 



118 





119 



» 



119 



divided 





divided 



111 



111 



, ■ jTotal length Tail 



Koh Lak 

 Koh Lak 

 Koli Lak 

 Koh Lak 

 Kali Lak 

 Sop Tue 

 Sop Tue 



222 

 220 

 222 

 232 

 221 

 231 

 180 



1278 



1058 



932 



378 



562 



1145 



1180 



317 

 290 

 280 

 90 

 140 

 195 

 295 



Last 2 ventrals di 

 vided. 



36. Enhydris hardwickii Gray. 



Two specimens CJ*?), Gulf of Siarn, 1914 (M. Smith coll.). 



One specimen, Gulf of Siarn outside Koh Lak, Siamese Malaya, December 1914. 



Siamese name: ngu talay (applied for all sea-snakes). 



Sea-snakes abound in the Gulf of Siarn and are often caught either in the 

 fishing-nets or in the fishing-stakes. When passing up the Gulf of Siarn one gener- 

 ally sees a great number of sea-snakes from the ship. Only during the monsoon- 

 time they come near the coast and are then ver}^ much dreaded on account of their 

 fierceness. 



