List of a collection of snakes, crocodiles, and chelonians from the Malay peninsula, made by members of the 'Skeat expedition', 1899-1900 / by F.F. Laidlaw ; with an appendix containing a list of the names of the places visited by the 'Skeat expedition', by W.W. Skeat.

  • Laidlaw, Frank Fortescue, 1876-1963.
Date:
1901
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Credit: List of a collection of snakes, crocodiles, and chelonians from the Malay peninsula, made by members of the 'Skeat expedition', 1899-1900 / by F.F. Laidlaw ; with an appendix containing a list of the names of the places visited by the 'Skeat expedition', by W.W. Skeat. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [From the Proceedings of o?he Zoological Society of London, December 3, 1901.] List of a Collection of Snakes, Crocodiles, and Chelonians from the Malay Peninsula, made by Members of the Skeat Expedition,^^ 1899-1900. By F. F. Laidlaw, B.A., Assistant Lecturer and Demonstrator at Owens College. With an Appendix containing a list of the names of the places visited by the Skeat Expedition.^' By W. Skeat. (Plate XXXV.O Order OPHIDIA. Fam. Typhlopida^. 1. Typhlops braminus Daud. 2. Typhlops nigroalbus Dum, et Bibr.^ Typhlops nigroalbus, Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, i. p. 24 ; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 653. Several specimens, agreeing closely with the example described by Boulenger in the ‘ Catalogue,’ from Jalor and Kuala Aring. In none of these, however, does the rostral shield extend to the level of the eye. In this respect it agrees with T. muelhri Schleg. from Sumatra, but differs from this latter in having the breadth of the rostral shield as in T. nigroalbus. Our specimens seem, then, to be intermediate between these two species. Largest specimen 424 mm. in total length. Fam. Boi D 3. Python reticulatus (Schneid.). Fam. Ilysiid^. 4. Cylindrophts rdfus (Laur.). Cylindropis rnfus, Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, i. p. 135 ; id. Faun, Brit. Ind., Kept. p. 250 ; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 656, pi. xxxvii. fig. 3. One specimen fro n Biserat, lacking the vermilion colour on the tail. Called “ Ular gelenggang ” (sugar-mill snake). Fam. Xenopeltid^. 5. Xenopeltis unicolor Eeinw. Xenojpeltis unicolor, Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, i. p. 168 (skull ^ For explanation of the Plate, see p. 583. ^ Since this paper was read T find that Werner (Zool. .Tahrb. Syst. xiii. p. 488) is of opinion that 7', nup'oalbufi i). et B. = 7'. mudlcrt Schleg. 38* [1]