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Show 1896.] BATRACHIANS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 891 Wellesley. I obtained one specimen from Kulim, Kedah, and from Singapore, the largest being 1235 mm. in length. Hab. India, Ceylon, Burma, Southern China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 78. CHRYSOPELEA CHRYSOCHLORA, Reinw. Leptophls ornatus, part., Cantor, p. 87. Chrysopelea chrysochlora, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 198. Cantor gives Penang and the Peninsula as the localities from which he obtained this species, and there is a specimen in the British Museum from Singapore from Dr. Dennys. Hab. Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Series Proteroglypha. Subfamily HYDROPHIINJE. 79. HlDRUS PLATURUS, L. Hydrus bicolor, Cantor, p. 135. Hydrus platurus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 267. Cantor obtained a single specimen from the coast of Province Wellesley. Blanford mentions this species (Pelamis bicolor) from Singapore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 215. Hab. Indian Ocean, Tropical and Subtropical Pacific. 80. HYDROPHIS CCERULESCENS, Shaw. Hydrophis ccerulescens, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p- 275. There is a specimen in the British Museum from Penang from Dr. Cantor. Bab. Bombay coast, Bay of Bengal, and Straits of Malacca. 81. HYDROPHIS NIGROCINCTUS, Daud. Hydrophis nigrocinctus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 277. Mr. Boulenger informs me that a specimen in the British Museum from Dr. Bleeker is probably from off tbe coast of Sumatra. Bab. Bay of Bengal and Straits of Malacca. 82. HYDROPHIS CANTORIS, Gthr. Hydrus gracilis, part., Cantor, p. 130. Hydrophis cantoris, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 281, pl. xiv. There is a specimen in the British Museum from Penang from Dr. Cantor. Bab. Bay of Bengal and Straits of Malacca. 83. HYDROPHIS FASCIATUS, Schn. Bydrophls fasclatus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 281. There is a specimen in the British Museum from Penang from Cantor. Hab. From the coasts of India to China and New Guinea. |
