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Show 1899.] REPTILES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. AND SIAM. 687 186. HYDROPHIS GRACILIS (Shaw). Hydrophis gracilis, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 280. Recorded from Singapore, for the first time, by Dr. Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 10). Hab. Coasts of Persia, India, and Burma; Malay Archipelago. 187. HYDROPHIS CANTORIS Giinth. Hydrus gracilis, part., Cantor, p. 130. Hydrophis mntoris, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 281, pl. xiv. Hab. Bay of Bengal and Straits of Malacca. 188. HYDROPHIS FASCIATUS (Schn.). Hydrophis atriceps, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 371, pl. xxv. Hydrophis fasciatus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 281. The British Museum contains a Penang specimen (from Cantor), and two said to be from Siam. Hab. From the coasts of India to China aud New Guinea. 189. HYDROPHIS TORQUATUS Giinther. Hydrus nigrocinctus, Cantor, p. 128. Hydrophis torquatus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 283. Cantor obtained five specimens during four years in the Straits of Malacca. Hab. Bay of Bengal and Straits of Malacca. 190. HYDROPHIS OBSCURUS (Daud.). Hydrophis obscurus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 284. I have seen a specimen, 807 mm. in length, from the Gulf of Siam. Hab. Bay of Bengal, Malay Archipelago, Gulf of Siam. 191. DISTIRA STOKESII (Gray). Distira stokesii, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 288 (skull fig. p. 286). Hab. Mekran Coast, Indian Ocean, Straits of Malacca (Singapore), North coast of Australia. 192. DISTIRA ORNATA (Gray). Distira ornata, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 290. The British Museum Catalogue records a specimen from Siam. Hab. From the mouth of the Persian Gulf and the coasts of India and Ceylon to New Guinea and North Australia. 193. DISTIRA BRUGMANSII (Boie). Hydrus striatus, part., Cautor, p. 126. Distira robusta, Blgr. Fauna Ind., Rept. p. 409. Distira brugmansii, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 292. Hab. Persian Gulf, coasts of India and Burma, Straits of Malacca (Penang), and the Malay Archipelago. |