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FASCICULI MALATENSES 
59. Zamenis korros, Schlg. 
Jalor. 
‘ A very common snake in Jalor and Nawngchik, generally being found 
in or near brushwood. The Malays call it the “ wild snake” {ular liar) on 
account of its vicious behaviour when captured. At Biserat a native brought 
us a male and female which he had taken paired. The male, which had evidently 
lost the tip of his tail, measured 174 cm., and the female 202 cm. in length. 
Both these specimens had the ventral surface of the neck of a bright chrome 
yellow, which was more intense in the male than the female. This brilliant 
colour is usually absent, and is probably assumed only at the breeding season. 
The large, black-edged scales of the tail of this species give large specimens 
a rather close resemblance to the Hamadryad {Naia hungarus) which has 
often an orange patch of considerable size on its throat. Consequently, the 
Malays often confuse the two species, the harmless with the venomous, and 
call large specimens of the former by the name that properly belongs to the 
latter. 
‘ A very large specimen, measuring 2,505 mm. in length, was brought 
us at Kampong Jalor, and was more variegated in coloration than were the 
smaller specimens commonly seen. Its general colour above was dark fuscous, 
with mesial and lateral black lines, joined by black cross-bars. The ventral 
surface was cream, vermiculated with slaty black, the sides of the scales being 
very dark lead-grey. The tail was almost entirely of the latter shade beneath ; 
above it had a diamond-shaped pattern of black on a dark fuscous ground. 
The skin between the scales was pale yellow, producing zigzag markings 
along the sides. This specimen deceived not only the natives of the village, 
but also ourselves. We were about to start on a journey and merely examined 
the colour of the specimen, never doubting but that it was one of Naia 
bungarus' 
60. Coluber taeniurus, Cope 
Goah Tanah, near Biserat, Jalor ; and Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. 
The large specimen from Jalor agrees with the definition of the 
var. ridleyi^ Butler,^ whilst the smaller specimen (97 cm.) from the Batu 
Caves is of a generally darker colour and shews taint traces of a reticulate 
pattern on the middle part of the body, whilst the dorso-lateral stripe is 
intensely black on the posterior part of the body and on the tail. 
‘ This snake, which is called by the Malays of Selangor and Patani “ moon 
snake” {ular hiilan)^ is not so common in the Jalor caves as in those near Kuala 
I. Journ. Bomb. Soc. N. H. xii, 1899, p. 426. 
