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It inhabits the bottoms of marine creeks and the months of rivers. The Javanese call it Onlar 
Limpe. The body of this reptile is covered with small scales, each boldly keeled in the 
centre, and its color is black and white arranged in alternate rings. 
The Erpetoh, or Herpeton, as the name is sometimes written, is a trnly curious reptile, 
of no great size, but bearing a pair of appendages on the head that seem to serve no 
recognized purpose save to bewilder zoologists. The muzzle of this creature is covered with 
scales, and on each side of it rises a curious appendage. This remarkable organ is soft, 
but completely covered with scales and defended by them. Of the habits of the Erpeton 
nothing appears to be known, and even its country is dubious. Its color is pale brown 
streaked with white. 
ACEO CHORD E . —Achrochordus jav anicus. 
The sombre and rather unsightly Cerberus, better known by its native name of Karoo 
Bokadam, is an Asiatic reptile, being found in India, the Philippines, Ceylon, Borneo, and 
similar countries. It is an ugly looking Serpent, but is not much dreaded, and is thought to 
be practically non-venomous. It is a stout, thick-bodied Snake, with a very large head in 
proportion to the size of its neck, though small in comparison with the body. The mouth is 
not large, and the teeth are small, regular, and set rather closely together. The nostrils of 
this Serpent are very small, and placed close to each other almost on the very tip of the muzzle. 
The eyes are small, round, and projecting as if squeezed out of the head, and are surrounded 
by a curious circle of nearly triangular scales, much as a circular window in a brick wall is 
edged with wedge-shaped bricks. 
