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Show 1896.] BATRACHIANS OF T H E MALAY PENINSULA. 877 136 mm. Colour, upper parts black, highly iridescent, lower pinky-grey. Cantor found two specimens on Penang Hill; Stoliczka found it in the collection be got from Penang and Province Welleslev ; and there are specimens in the British Museum from Perak and Singapore. Hab. Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. Family BOID.E. 5. PYTHON RETICULATUS, Schn. Python reticulatus, Cantor, p. 55 ; Stol. J. A. S. B. 1873, p. Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 85. Cantor says this species is " very numerous in the Malayan hills and valleys "; Stoliczka found it in the collection he got from Penang and Province Wellesley, and there are specimens in the British Museum from Penang and Singapore. I have seen specimens recently caught in Penang, on the Krean river (Prov. Wellesley), and near Taiping, Perak. Hab. Burma, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 6. PYTHON MOLURUS, L. Python molurus, Stol. J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 205; Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 87. Stoliczka mentions having " seen several specimens obtained in the Wellesley province." Hab. India, Ceylon, Southern China, Malay Peninsula, and Java. 7. PYTHON CURTUS, Schl. Python curtus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 89, and P. Z. S. 1889, pl. xlv. There are specimens in the British Museum from Malacca and Singapore. Hah. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Family ILYSIID^E. 8. CYLINDROPHIS RUFUS, Lawr. Cylindrophis rufus, Cantor, p. 53 ; Stol. J. A. S. B. 1873, p. Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 135. I obtained one specimen at Tanglin, Singapore. Length 483 mm. Scales in 21 rows. Colour, uniform black above, belly black with transverse white bands, orange collar-mark on neck, bright vermilion mark on tail. A second specimen obtained in Singapore was 546 mm. in length. Cantor mentions one specimen from Singapore. Stoliczka found it in the collection he got from Penang and Province Wellesley, and there are specimens in the British Museum from Penang and Singapore. Hab. Burma and Cochinchina to the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. |