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Show 1896.] BATRACHIANS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 879 Subfamily COLUBRIN.E. 14. POLYODONTOPHIS GEMINATUS, Boie. Herpetodryas prlonotus, Cantor, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 52. Ablabes melanocephalus, Giinther, R. B. I. p. 229. Polyodontophis gemlnatus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 185. Cantor mentions a specimen from Malacca. Stoliczkax found one example in the Botanical Gardens at Singapore, and there are specimens in the British Museum from Singapore from General Hardwicke and Dr. Dennys. Hab. Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 15. POLYODONTOPHIS SAGITTARIUS, Cant. Calamarla sagittarla, Cantor, p. 64. Polyodontophis Sagittarius, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 187. Cantor mentions one specimen from the Malay Peninsula. Hab. West Himalayas, Bengal, Assam, Malay Peninsula. 16. XENOCHROPHIS OERASOGASTER, Cant. Tropldonotus cerasogaster, Cantor, p. 92. Xenochrophis cerasogaster, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 191. Cantor mentions one specimen from the Province Wellesley. Bab. Bengal, Assam, Khasi Hills, and Malay Peninsula. 17. TROPIDONOTUS TRIANGULIGERUS, Boie. Tropidonotus umbratus, part., Cantor, p. 89. Trop>ldonotus trianguligerus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 224. Stoliczka found this Snake in the collection he got from Penang and Province Wellesley, and there are specimens in the British Museum from Penang and Singapore. Hab. Southern Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Ternate. 18. TROPIDONOTUS PISCATOR, Sehn. Tropidonotus umbratus, part., Cantor, p. 89. Tropidonotus piscator, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 230. Stoliczka found this Snake (T. quincunctiatus) in the collection he got from Penang and Province Wellesley. Var. A. There is a specimen in the British Museum from Singapore. Var. B. There is a specimen in the British Museum from Penang from Dr. Cantor. I obtained one specimen from the Racecourse, Penang. Ventrals 125 ; subcaudals 77. Hab. India, Burma, Southern China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 1 J. A. S. B. xxxix. part ii. 1870, p. 183. PROC. ZOOL. SOC-1896, No. LV1I. 57 |
