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.

  • Frank Fortescue Laidlaw
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.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    figured); id. Faun. Brit. Ind.,Eept. p. 276 ; S. S. Flower, P.Z. S. 1899, p. 657. Two specimens from Kuala Aring. One, an adult, bad de- voured another snate {Lycodon laoensis, apparently) about as long as itself. The other, immature, had the head of a pale yellowish colour. Malay name : “ Ular ekor merak (peacock^s-tail snake). Fam. COLTTBRID^. Series Agly^ha. Subfam. Aceoohordin^. 6. Acrochobdus javanicus Hornstedt. Acrocliordus javanicus^ Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, i. p. 173; S. S, Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 658. A female from Bisernt. Total length 1700 mm. Called by the Malays the elephant’s-trunk snake (“ Ular belalei gajah ”). Subfam. Colfbbin^. 7. POLYODONTOPHTS GEMINATES (Boie). 8. Tropidonotus tbianguligeetjs Boie. 9. Tropidonotus pisoator (Schneid.). 10. Tropidonotus inas, sp. n. (Plate XXXV. fig. 2 a, h.) Internasal shield broadly truncate, hinder maxillary teeth gradually enlarged, anal shield divided, one anterior temporal scale ; nine upper labials, 143 ventrals, 96 subcaudals ; outer scales smooth. Colour above brownish black; a lateral line of ill- defined yellowish spots on either side; ventrals white, with a square black spot on the outer margins. Head dull brown above, M’ith a yellowish-white streak running from under the eye on either side, passing back into the lateral lines. Allied to T. con^ spicillatus of Borneo. A single specimen from Gunong Inas. Length : body 272 mm., tail 125. 11. Tropidonotus subminiatus Schl. Biserat. 12. Macropisthodon rhodomelas Boie. Kuala Aring. 13. Lycodon laoensis GUnth. Lifcodon laoensis, Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, i. p. 354 ; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 665. A specimen from Kota Bharu, Baman, found under a charred log. Called “ Ular kapak malas” (lazy axe-snake; any snake with the head well defined is called an axe-snake). [2]