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Show 662 MR. STANLEY Sc FLOWER ON THE [May 16, 112. TROPIDONOTUS STOLATUS (L.). Tropidonotus stolatus, Cantor, p. 90 ; Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 253. Recorded from Penang, Singapore and the Malay Peninsula. Hab. Ceylon, India, Burma, China, Formosa, Hainan, Hongkong, Malay Peninsula, Philippines. 113. TROPIDONOTUS VITTATUS (L.). Tropidonotus vittatus, Stol. J. A. S. B. 1873, pt. 2, p. 114; Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 255. Hab. Malay Peninsula, Java, Celebes. 114. TROPIDONOTUS SUBMINIATUS, Schleg. Tropidonotus subminiatus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 256. Siamese. " Ngu lai-sarp." Localities. I have not been able to find out on what authority this snake is recorded from the Malay Peninsula. M. Mouhot obtained specimens from Siam, Cambodia, and tbe Laos Mountains. I have seen seven Bangkok specimens, one being from the Bong Law on the west bank of the Menan, but most were caught in the compound of the Siamese Museum. Habits. Specimens we kept in captivity were observed to eat frogs and small toads-Rana limnocharis, Microhyla ornata, and Bufo melanostictus. Description. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Locality. Bangkok... >* y, » ,| ... I> "•• |Ventrals. 138 144 145 147 150 151 Subcaudals. 72 71 73 70 Tern-porals. 2+3 2+3 2+3 2+3 2+2 2+2 Upper Labials. 8 (3rd, 4th, 5th enter eye). 8( ,, ,, )• 8 on one side, 9 on the other. 8 (3rd, 4th, 5th enter eye). 9( ,, ,, ). Specimens 2 and 5 had five lower labials on each side in contact with the anterior chin-shields; specimens 1 and 6 had five lower labials on one side and six on the other in contact with the anterior chin-sbields; in specimens 3 and 4 the anterior chin-shields were a little longer than the posterior. Colour (in life). Above dark olive-brown (browner on the body, greener on the head and neck), more or less obscurely mottled with black. The skin between the scales is yellow or greenish golden and shows as bright reticulations, especially when the snake is distended with food. Young specimens have a jet-black cross-band on the nape, bordered posteriorly by a narrow bright |