DENDROPHIM.
Genus G o n y o s o m a , Wagler.
GONYOSOMA GRAM1NEUM, Gthr.
Gonyosoma gramineum, Günther, Rept. B. Ind., 1864, p. 294, pi. 298, fig. D ; Theohald, Descr.
Cat. Kept., Brit. Ind., 1876, p. 191.
Upper surface grass-green, a yellow line along the keel of the ventrals and
sub-caudals; beneath, pale yellow-green. Upper labial shields and those of the
lower jaw, pale yellowish-green.
Length 37 inches; head 0‘80; tail 9*25.
Ventrals (keeled) 193. Sub-caudals 99. Anal bifid. Nineteen rows of fully
keeled scales. Head flat, moderately large with an obtusely rounded snout. Rostral
nearly twice as high as broad. Prefrontals sub-triangular, rounded in front, nearly
half as large as the* postfrontals. Postfrontals much broader than long, bent
down on'the side of the head to the low loreai. Vertical moderately sized. Lateral
margins equal, the anterior margins are strongly convergent and slightly concave
; hinder margins meet at a right angle. Occipitals rounded behind, their
suture equals the length of the vertical. Nostril rather prominent, between two
almost united nasals. Loreai rather low, oblong. One preocular reaching to the
upper surface of the head. Temporals 2 + 2 in contact ‘with postoculars. Nine
upper labials, fourth, fifth and sixth orbital. Seventeen rows of maxillary teeth of
nearly equal size.
One specimen which has been compared with the type was found at Bhaifiö.
Genus D e n d R o p h i s , Boie..
D e n d r o p h i s p ic t a , Gmelin.
Seòa, Thes., 1784, vol. i, pi. xcix, No. 8.
Coluber filiforme, Linn., Mus. Adolph. Frid., 1754, pi. xvli, fig. 2, juV. ; Russ., Ind; Serp., vol. ii/
1801, pis. xxv & xxvi.
Coluber cceruleus, Bonnat., Ophiol: Encycl. Méthod., 1784, p. 80.
Coluber pictus, Gmel., Syst. Nat., 1788, p. 1116.
Coluber decorus, Shaw., Gen. Zool., 1802, vol. iii, p. 538 ; Merr. Tent., 1820, p. 128.
LeptopAis maniar, Bell, Zool. Joum., vol. ii, 1825, p. 329.
AAatulla decora, Gray, Ann. Phil., 1825, p. 16.
Dipsas schokari, Kühl, Beiträge, 1826, p. 80.
jDendropAis pictus, Boie, Isis., 1827, p. 530; Jan & Sord., Icon. Ophid., No. xxxn, 1869, pi. i ;
Theoh., Joum. Linn. Soc., vol. xi, 1868, p. 52 ; id., Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxvii,
ex. No., 1868, p. 59; Stol., Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xlii, 1873, p. 162. '
DendropAis picta, Wagler, Syst. Rept., 1830, p. 183; Schleg., Phys., Serp.,t 1887, vol. i, p. 157, and
vol. ii, p. 228, pi. ix, figs. 5-7 ; Dum. & Bibr., Erpét. Gén., vol. vii, 1854, p. 197 ; Günth., Cat.
Col. Sn., 1858, p. 148; Rept., B. Ind., 1864, p. 297; Stol., Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol.
xxxix, 1870, pp. 137, 188,141 ; id., op. cit., vol. xlii, 1873; p. 114; Anders., Joum. As. Soc.,
Bengal, vol. xl, 1871, 35; var. andamanensis ; id., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 184; Theobald,
Descr. Cat. Rept., Brit. Ind., 1876, p. 190; Ferguson, Rept. Fauna,, Ceylon, .1877, p.- 20. .
Ahcetulla bellii,Q,my, 111. Ind. Zool., vol..i,.1884, pi. lxxx, fig. 2.
DendropAis boii, Cantor, Proc.. Zool. Soc., 1889, p. 53.
LeptopAispictus, Cantor, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xvi, 1847; Cat., p. 980.
This species is prevalent at Bhamd.
The labials in the three specimens under consideration are variable. In one
example there are 9 upper labials on one side and 10 on the other, and the tenth
labial resulting from the division of the ninth: on both sides, the fourth, fifth and
sixth are orbital. In the other two specimens there are only 8 upper labials, the
fifth and sixth being united; the fifth alone entering the orbit.
Length 84-55 inches; tail 10*00 inches; ventrals 177; .sub-caudals 96
„ 22-00 „ „ 9-88 „ „ 168 „ 105
„ 39-33 „> „ 18-00 „ „ 188 143.
Genus C h r y s o p e l e a , Boie.
C h r y s o p e l e a o r n a t a , Shaw.
Russell, Ind. Serp., vol. i, 1796, pi. ii.
Coluber ibiboboca, Latr. Rept., vol. iv, 1800, p. 181; Daud., Rept., vol. vi, 1808, p. 827.
Coluber ornatus, Shaw, Geni. Zool., vol. iii, 1802, p. 477.
Natrix ornata, Merr. Tentam, 1820, p. 109.
Tyria ornata, Fitz., New Class. Rept., 1826, p. 60.
Chrysopelea ornata, Boie, Isis., 1827, pp. 546, 547 ; Wagler, Amph., 1880, p. 188 ; Dum. & Bibr.,
Erpét. Gèni., vol. vii, 1854, p. 1042 ; Günther, Cat. Col. Snakes, 1858, p. 146 ; Rept. Brit.
Ind., 1864, p. 298 ; Steind., Reise Novara Rept., 1867, p. 71 ; Jan & Sord., Icon. Gèni.,
No. xxxiii, 1869, pi. i, fig. 1 ; Stoliczka, Joum. As. Soc.,. vol. xxxix, 1870, pp.. 141, 194 ;
id., op. cit., vol. xliii, 1873, p. 114 ; Anderson, op. cit., vol. xl, 1871, p. 85; Theobald,. Descr.
Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind., 1876, p. 121 ; Ferguson, Rept. Fauna, Ceylon, 1877, p. 20.
Chrysopelea paradisi, Boie, Isis., 1827, p, 547 ; Wagler, Amph., 1836, p. 188.
DendropAis ornata, Schlegel, Ess. Phys. Serpt., 1887, p. 284, pi. ix,figs. 8,10 ; id., Abbild., 1837-44,
pi. vi, figs. 1-10 ; Filippi, Cat. Mus., Pavia, 1840.
LeptopAis ornata, Cantor, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xvi, 1847, p. 934 ; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc.,
1854, vol. xxiii, p. 298.
DendropAis paradisi, Motley & Dillwyn, Contrib. N at. Hist., Labuan & Borneo, 1855, p. 460, fig.
Ventrals 219. Sub-caudals imperfect. Anal bifid; 17 rows of scales. Eive narrow
gamboge-yellow cross-bands on the head, alternating with four broad black ones.
The third black band is crescentic and the breadth of the diameter of the eye. I t Mis
the intra-orbital space, and has a transverse line of three yellow spots. The fourth
black band covers the occipitals, and has a transverse row of 12 yellow spots, with
an odd one on either side. All the black bands are connected by another lateral one
above thè upper labials which are yellow. The back is crossed by black bands, the
lateral margins of which are broken up into oblique black and yellow bars : these
dorsal bands narrow posteriorly. All the scales are gamboge-yellow with a longitudinal
black line through their centres, the hinder margin being tipped with black.
The longitudinal black lines are continuous, and the dusky hinder margins form
fine oblique lines, and the two together constitute a fine black network on a rich