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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    smooth or feebly tuberculate anteriorly, very small ; 76 rows round the neck, 89-90 round the body. One pair of chin-shields; frontal shield longer than broad, longer than the parietals, which are separated from the frontal and from each other by small scales. Dostral broader than deep ; prefrontals small. The front end of the frontal is segmented otf to form a small median scale ; 10 or 11 labials, fifth in contact with the orbit on one side, but not on the other ; one or two preoculars, a subocular, and two or three post- oculars. Ventral shields feebly enlarged, 310 in number. Colour olive-grey above, with transverse bands of a darker shade, broadest above, fading away on the sides, which, like the belly, are yellowish white. Total length 500 ram., tail 70. One specimen from Patani. 38. Enhydris cuRxns. EnJu/dris curtiis, Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 300; id. Eaun. Brit. Tnd., Beptiles, p. 396. Apparently not recorded hitherto from these waters. Two specimens i'rom Singgora. 39. Enhydris hardwickii (Gray). 40. Enhydrina yelakadien (Boie). Subfam. Elapin^. 41. Bungarus fasciatus (Schneid.). Bungarus fasciatus, Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 366 ; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Eeptiles, p. 388; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 689. The Malays of Biserat call this snake by the same name as Bipsadomorplius dendrophilus {i. e., “ Ular katam tebu). They appear, however, to distinguish between the two to some extent, regarding Bijpsadomorjylius as non-poisonous, or at any rate not so poisonous as the Bungarus. 42. Naia tripueians Merr. Naia trqyudians, Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 380 (skull fig. p. 372); id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Eeptiles, p. 391; S. S. Flov^er, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 690. Malay name “ Ular tedong sendok *’ = turmeric-coloured spoon- snake. A young specimen from Biserat belonged to var. B of the ‘ Catalogue,’ having dark rings on a dark brown ground-colour. An adult specimen from Eaman agrees in colour with the specimen described by Mr. Flower from Perak, except that its under surface has no darker markings. 43. Callophis maculiceps Giinth. Biserat, Guuong Inas. [6]