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Show 894 MR. S. S. FLOWER ON THE REPTILES AND [Dec. 1, specimens from him in the British Museum from Penang and the Peninsula. Hab. India, Burma, Southern China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Java, and Celebes. 95. BUNGARUS FLAVICEPS, Reinh. Bungarus flaviceps, Cantor, p. 112; Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 371. I obtained one specimen from Province Wellesley. Ventrals 237 ; subcaudals 53, of which the first 16 were single and the remainder double, except the 19th, 29th, 30th, 31st, and 32nd. There were three postoculars on the right side. It was 1473 mm. in length. Cantor mentions obtaining one specimen on Penang Hill. Hab. Tenasserim, Cochinchina, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java. 96. NAIA TRIPUDIANS, Merr. Naja lutescens, Cantor, p. 117. Nala tripudians, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 380. Cantor says this species is found in Penang, Singapore, and the Peninsula, and that the brown variety prevails at Penang and the black at Singapore. Several residents in the Settlements have told me the same thing. The largest Cobra I met wdth was a black one in Singapore, 1372 mm. long. Mr. Ridley caught in the Botanical Gardens, Singapore, a Cobra in the act of swallowing a Macropisthodon rhodomelas. A Cobra that I obtained from Kulim, Kedah, belonged to a third colour variety, C. 6. in Boulenger's ' Catalogue of Snakes.' Hab. Southern Asia, from Transcaspia to China and the Malay Archipelago. 97. NAIA BUNGARUS, Schl. Hamadryas ophlophagus, Cantor, p. 116. Naia bungarus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 386. Cantor records this species from Penang Hill and Province Wellesley, and there is a specimen in the British Museum from Singapore from Dr. Dennys. From all accounts the Hamadryad is still common in the hills of Penang, and I have seen several skins of large individuals killed near Taiping, Perak. Hab. India, Burma, Indo-China, Southern China, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 98. CALLOPHIS GRACILIS, Gray. Elaps nlgromaculatus, Cantor, p. 108, pl. xl. fig. 7. Callophis gracilis, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 396. Cantor records this species from the hills of Penang and from Singapore. Hab. Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. |
