418 
Fam. COLUBRID 4. 
16. Tropidonotus picturatus, SCHLEG. 
One specimen from Berlinhafen. 
One prae- and three postoculars ; temporals 2-2 ; eight upper labials, 
third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with 
the anterior chin-shields. Scales in 15 rows, strongly keeled, of outer row 
distinectly keeled. 
Formula of scaling : — 
Sgu. 15 ; G. 23-1/1; V. 148 ; A. 1/1 ; Se. §6/86--199) 
In respect to the coloration it belongs to BouULENGER"s group C. ; uni- 
form greyish-brown above, ventrals yellowish-white with darker dots on 
their anterior margins. 
17. Dendrophis calligaster, GTHR. 
Two specimens (d k 2?) from Berlinhafen. 
Temporals 1-2 or 2--2, upper labials 8 or 9, fourt and fifth, or fifth 
and sixth entering the eye: 
Formula of scaling : 
d Sgu. 63-13-6 ; G. 1/17-2 ; V. 178 ; A. 4. ; Sc. 19/119--? 
? c 67-17-6; a 2--1/1; a 184; a 1/1; a 298/1087-? 
In respect to the coloration a distinct sexual dimorphisme can be 
noticed, though from two specimens only it is impossible to decide whether 
this differences are constant? The upper parts are in both cases deep 
blackish-brown ; the scales of the male with distinct bluish-white (in life 
probably yellow) outer border, absent in the female. Upper parts and sides 
of the head deep black, a yellowish streak along the upper labials, uniting 
behind the angle of the mouth with the yellow of the chin and throat and 
prolonged on the body between the outer and adjacent row of scales. L0- 
wer surface slate-coloured, darker in the female. 
$) The highest number in Boulengers Catalogue of the Snakes, London 1893, 
I. p. 215, 18-82. 
