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Show 666 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [May 16, 126. ZAOGYS CARINATUS (Giinther). Zaocys carinatus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 377, pl. xxvii. fig. 1; R. Hanitsch, Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 9. Recorded from Perak and Singapore. Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. N.B.-Specimens of the harmless Zaocys are sometimes mistaken for the poisonous Hamadryad, Naia bungarus. A friend once told me of his having killed two Hamadryads in the Larut Hills, and afterwards showed me the bodies; they were both Zaocys, but I cannot say now if they belonged to this or the next species. 127. ZAOCYS FUSCUS (Giinther). Zaocys fuscus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 378, pl. xxvii. fig. 2. Of this fine snake, which has not previously been recorded from the Malay Peninsula, I obtained one specimen, a male, on Penang Hill, at an elevation of 1900 feet, in March 1898. Ventrals 195, subcaudals 160. Total length 2965 mm. (or 9 feet 8f inches). In its stomach was a recently swallowed frog, Megalophrgs nasuta. Colour (in life). Above olive-brown, with a bright brick-red vertebral line (which faded after death) ; a black lateral line on the posterior half of the body and on the tail; lower surfaces uniform primrose-yellow. Head above dark olive-brown ; 5th, 6th, and 7th upper labials and whole lower jaw primrose-yellow. Scales on upper surface of tail edged with black. Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Natuna, Borneo. 128. ZAMENIS E:ORROS (Schleg.). Zamenis korros, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 384. This Rat-Snake has been recorded from Penang, Perak, and Singapore (P. Z. S. 1896, p. 882), and M. Mouhot obtained it in Siam. Recently I have seen seven individuals from the region treated of in this paper: two caught at Bakar Bata (near Alor Star), Kedah • one from Province Wellesley ; one from the Kuala Kangsa Pass (between Larut and Kinta) in Perak; one from Kuala Lumpor, Selangor (1568 mm. in total length); one I shot in the jungle near Kabin, Siam ; and one was caught atPachim, Siam, by Mrs. Stanley Elower, which measured 1780 mm. (5 feet 10 inches) in total length, and is the biggest Z. korros I have ever seen. Young specimens may have very distinct narrow yellow crossbars on the anterior part of the body, which become gradually fainter posteriorly. Hab. Sikhim Himalayas, Assam, Burma, Western Yunnan, Southern China, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java. 129. ZAMENIS MUCOSUS (L.). Zamenis mucosus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 385. Siamese. " Ngu how-talaan." |