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Genus CONTIA, Baird and Girard - - - 205 



16. Contia modesta, Martin— The Dwarf Snake - 205 



Genus CGELOPELTIS, Wagler - - - 207 



17. Ccelopeltis monspessulana, Hermann — The 



Montpellier Snake ----- 208 



Genus MACROPROTODON, Guichenot - - 212 



18. MACROPROTODON CUCULLATUS, I. Geoffroy — The 



False Smooth Snake - - - - 213 



Genus TARBOPHIS, Fleischmann - - - 216 



19. Tarbophis fallax, Fleischmann — The Cat-Snake 217 

 2 . Tarbophis iberus, Eichwald — The Caucasian Cat- 

 Snake - - 219 



Fourth Family: VIPERID^E 



Genus VIPERA, Laurenti - - - - 221 



21. Vipera ursinii, Bonaparte— Orsini's Viper - 221 



22. Vipera renardi, Christoph — Renard's Viper - 227 



23. Vipera berus, Linnaeus — The Northern Viper, or 



Adder ------ 230 



24. Vipera aspis, Linnaeus— The Asp Viper - - 239 



25. Vipera latastii, Bosca — Lataste's Viper - - 247 



26. Vipera ammodytes, Linnaeus — The Sand-Viper, 



or Long-Nosed Viper ... - 249 



27. Vipera lebetina, Linnaeus — The Blunt-Nosed 



Viper, or Kufi - - - - - 257 



Genus ANCISTRODON, Palisot de Beauvois - 261 



28. Ancistrodon halys, Pallas— Pallas's Pit-Viper - 262 



Index - - - - - - - 265 



