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Show 668 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [May 16, 133. COLUBER PORPHYRACEUS Cantor. Coluber porphyraceus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 34. The Brit. Mus. Catalogue mentions a specimen from Singapore, from Dr. Cantor. Hab. Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Burma, Yunnan, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra. N.B.-COLUBER HODGSONII (Giinth.) is recorded from Singapore ! [R. Hanitsch, Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 10.] 134. COLUBER TCENIURUS (Cope). Coluber tceniurus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 47 ; Ridley, J. S. B. R. A. S. 1898, p. 99. This snake has been recently added to the known fauna of the Malay Peninsula by Mr. H. N. Ridley, who obtained specimens in the Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpor. In June 1898 Mr. A. L. Butler aud myself visited these caves and obtained more specimens of this co-called " White Snake." They were far in the hill-side, where no daylight can ever penetrate ; one specimen had a recently swallowed bat in its stomach ; the largest was 2260 mm. (7 feet 5 inches) in total length. In September 1897 I received a specimen, through the kindness of Dr. Wilson, caught in Johore Bahru, which measured 1657 mm.inlength ; and, in Sept. or Oct. 1898, I hear Mr. Butler " caught a ' Cave Snake' in a drawer in a rest-house in Selangor on the Pahang track, miles away from any rocks : it is olivaceous in colour." Hab. Manchuria, China, Sikhim, Cochinchina, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 135. COLUBER OXYCEPHALUS Boie. Herpetodryas oxycephalus, Cantor, p. 80. Coluber oxycephalus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 56. This handsome green Snake is found in the hills of Penang (two specimens recorded by Cantor, and I have seen two in the collection of Mr. van Sommeren), in Larut, Perak (specimen in the Taiping Museum), in Pahang (R. Hanitsch, Rep. Raffles, Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 10), in Malacca (Peters, Monatsb. Berl. Ac. 1895, p. 269), in Johore (Dr. Wilson gave me a specimen from Johore Bahru), and in Singapore (two specimens iu the British Museum from Gen. Hardwicke and one obtained by myself in October 1897). Hab. Eastern Himalayas, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Great Natuna Island. 136. COLUBER MELANURUS Schleg. Coluber melanurus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 60; S. Flower P. Z. S. 1896, p. 883. This snake is found in the hills of Penang (two specimens in Mr. van Sommeren's collection), in Province Wellesley, in Selangor |