Total length, 1,215 millimetres; tail 220.

Habitat: Loo Choo Islands.

This snake is not infrequently termed by naturalists Trimeresurus riukianus.

(5) L. cantoris.—Scales in 27-31 rows; 174-184 ventrals; 55-76 subcaudals; 13 supralabials.

Coloration pale brown or dull green, with small black spots; a whitish streak along the sides of the body; belly white or greenish.

Total length, 1,020 millimetres; tail 140.

Habitat: Andaman and Nicobar Islands.


III. Scales in 21-27 rows; 160-218 ventrals; 54-92 subcaudals; tail not or scarcely prehensile.

(6) L. jerdonii.—7-9 scales in a line between the supraocular shields; scales in 21 or 23 rows; 164-188 ventrals; 54-67 subcaudals.