Gen. Dendropliis. 
Dendropliis paradiaei (?). 
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Colour — above ; tlie plates of the head are banded with trans- 
verse irregular black markings, the ground colour being vellowish 
browm, darker towards the muzzle than at the occiput. i>om the 
head a line extends down the centre of the*back, the scales of which 
are greenish yellow margined by black ; on each side of thivS line 
■ the scales are of a deep olivaceous colour, similarly margined with 
black ; at some distance from the head the dark sidal colour becomes 
less distinct, .and towards the centre of the body assimilating with 
the lighter colour of the vertebral stripe : at this part, and on, nearly 
to the tail, the scales, in addition to the hlack margin, have a central 
black spot ; the lower parts arc light greenish yellow, with pale 
brownish hlack transverse lines across the hinder edges of the 
scuta. Muzzle blunt and rounded ; head shielded ; upper jaw 
toothed ; fangs none ; body and tail very angular, and the lower 
surface quite flat; the angle on each side forming a prominent 
ridge. 
Abdominal scuta, 229) ofo 
Subcaiidal scuta, 134 j 
Length from muzzle to vent, 3 feet 1 inch ) i r i. o • i. 
of tail tejond, 1 foot 2 inches J ^ ® 
The only specimen we have obtained of this species was 
killed in Lahuan by Mr. Motley, and when first seen by him 
w as clinging in a most extraordinary manner upon the trunk 
of a large tree, head downwards, and without any visible 
means of supporting itself. He took up a stick and attempted 
to kill it, but fiiiled : it then came down and climbed up 
another small tree with wonderful speed. He afterwards got 
a gmi and shot it. 
Dendrophis picta (?). 
Colour — above, light ochreous brown, below, yellowish white ; on 
each side a broad black stripe runs along the whole length of the 
body, covering the upper angles of the abdominal scuta, and the lower 
part of the adjoining scale ; another narrower line runs parallel to, 
and at the distance of a scale’s breadth above, this, between these 
two lines the colour is that of the abdomen, and above the upper one 
the light brown of the back commences ; two more pair of similar 
parallel black lines, but much narrower, extend along the back; 
these black stripes are the most distinctly marked towards the poste- 
rior part of the body. On the tail they are very distinct, but dimi- 
nish in number, and towards the tip only the two largest lateral and 
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