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.

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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    14. Zamenis koeros Schleg. Zamenis horros, Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, i. p. 384; id. Faun. Brit. Tnd., Beptiles, p. 324; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 666. Very common near Kota Bharu, Baman, and all over the State of Patani. It is called “ Ular liar ” (the wild snake). Its food consists largely‘of frogs. 15. Colubbe't^niueus (Cope). Coluber tceniurns, Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 47 ; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Beptiles, p. 333 5 S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 668. This species is the cave-snake of Selangor and Johor. Two specimens were caught by Mr. Annandale in a cave near Biserat, about a quarter of a mile from its mouth. They were quite purblind in a bright light. 16. Coluber eadiatus Schleg. Coluber radiatus^ Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 61; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Beptiles, p. 333; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 669. Common in houses in Patani, where it is called the rat-snake, “ Ular tikus.” 17. Dendeophis pictus (Gmel.). Bendrophis pictus, Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 78; S.S. Flower, P. Z.S. 1899, p. 669. This species seems to make considerable leaps from branch to branch. Mr. Annandale caught a specimen at Kuala Aring in a butterfly-net, in the act of jumping. 18. Dendeophis foemosus Boie. Kuala Aring. 19. Dendeolaphis caudolineatus (Gray). 20. Simotes puepueascens (Schleg.). Kota Bharu, Baman. 21. Ablabes tricolor (Schleg.). Kuala Aring. 22. Calamaria pavimentata Dum. et Bibr, Kota Bharu, Baman. Series Opisthoglypha. Subfam. Homalopsin^. The members of this subfamily are commonly known to the Malays as “ Ular ayer,” or water-snakes ; they appear to leave the water frequently and are often found some distance from it, [3]