Habitat: Southern India.
B. First lower labial shield divided; the portion separated off forms a pair of small supplementary dental shields; 144-176 ventral scales; 38-57 subcaudals; tail prehensile.
(16) L. puniceus.—Scales in 21-23 rows; 12-14 series of scales between the supraocular shields.
Colour grey, brown, or red; belly spotted with brown; end of tail red.
Total length, 640 millimetres; tail 90.
Habitat: Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Natuna Islands.
(17) L. borneensis.—Scales in 19-21 rows; 10-11 series of scales between the supraocular shields; 152-168 ventrals; 43-65 subcaudals.
Total length, 770 millimetres; tail 105.
Habitat: Borneo, Sumatra.
C. (18) L. wagleri.—Scales in 19-27 rows, 127-154 ventrals; 45-55 subcaudals; tail prehensile.