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VENOMS 



specimens ; a black spot sometimes present between each pair of 

 annuli. 



Total length, 910 millimetres; tail 100. 



Habitat : Bay of Bengal, Straits of Malacca, Borneo. 



(7) Enhydris. 



Two large poison-fangs, and 2 — 4 small feebly grooved teeth. 

 Body short and stout ; scales hexagonal or squarish, juxtaposed, 

 disappearing almost completely on the belly. 



E. curtns. — Above with dark transverse bands, broadest in the 

 middle ; end of tail black. 



Total length, 750 millimetres ; tail 75. 



Habitat : Coasts of India and Ceylon. 



Fig. 82. — Enhydrina valakadien (syn. E. bengalensis). 



