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E L A P S . — Schneider* Cuvier. 



Genus Elaps. — Characters. Head nearly of a uniform size with the body; 

 jaws not dilatable on account of the shortness of the tympanal bones; upper jaw 

 furnished with a fang fixed and permanently erect, wanting the pit so conspicuous 

 in the crotali between the eye and nostril. 



ELAPS FULVIUS.— Linmms. 



Plate XVIII. 



Characters. Head short, size of body, rounded in front; upper jaw furnished 

 with a permanently erect poisonous fang; body red, surrounded with black rings 

 margined with yellow. PL 212, s. 32. 



Svnontmes. Coluber fulvius, Lin., Syst. Nat, torn. i. p. 381. 

 Coluber fulvius, GmeL, Lin. Syst. Nat., vol. i. part iii. p. 1190. 

 La noire et jaune, Lacep., Hist, des Serp., torn. ii. p. 299. 

 Coluber fulvius, Latr., Hist, des Rept, torn. iv. p. 140. 

 Coluber fulvius, Daud., Hist. Nat. des Rept, torn. iii. p. 500. 

 Coluber fulvius, Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. iii. p. 469. 

 Coluber fulvius, Say, Am. Jour. Arts and Sci., vol. i. p. 262. 

 Harlequin snake, Jiudub., Birds, vol. i. pi. xliv. 

 Vipera fulvia, Harl., Med. and Phys. Res., p. 127. 

 Elaps fulvius, Fitz., Neue Class, der Rept, p. 51. 



* Schneider's name is badly chosen, e**4 or ea»4 is the Greek name for a non-venomous 

 serpent, while this animal has poisonous fangs. 



