584 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVI. 



Key to Viperidce. 



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Name of species. 



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 66 

 67 

 68 

 69 



Ancistrodon m'.llardi. 

 Laehesis graminecn. 



,, anamaUenete. 



,, strigaia. 

 Vipera rusaelli. 

 Echis carinatus. 



Footnote to Key. 



* Implies that the locality rests solely on Beddome's authority and therefore 

 calls for confirmation. 



W. Implies has only been recorded from the Wynaad. 



N. Implies has only been recorded from the Nilgiris. 



No. 9. Melanophidmm fwictatum so far as I know has not been recorded from 

 the Nilgiris or Wynaad, but is to be expected, as specimens from the Hills south 

 of this area have been recorded, and I in this Journal (Vol. XXIII, p. 377) men- 

 tioned one found at Tolwadi in the Hills North of this area. 



No. 47. Polyodontophis siibpimctatus has not been actually recorded from the 

 Wynaad or the Nilgiris but is to be expected as it is known from the Hills to the 

 north, and the south of this area. 



Nos. .59, 63 and 46, viz., Cerherus rhyiichops, Cherydnis granulahts, and 

 Gerardia prevostiana are all snakes peculiar to estuaries or tidal rivers, and would 

 not be found near these Hills. They are incorporated in the key for the sake of 

 completeness with regard to the snakes known from the South Indian Plains. 

 The names in italics are mountain forms, those in Eoman characters and denizens 

 of the Plains, all of which are to be met with on the lower elevations of the 

 Hills (excepting Nos. 59, 63, and 46). 



