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OPHIDIA. 



Oceans ; Thalassophis Schm., coast Java of ; Acalyptophis Brgl., 

 W.-trop. trop. Pacific ; Hydrelaps Blgr., N. coast of Australia ; 

 Hydrophis Daud. (Fig. 200), Indian and Pacific Oceans, 22 species ; 

 Distira Lac, Indian and Pacific oceans, about 20 species ; Enhydris 

 Merr., coast of India to Chinese sea and New Guinea ; Enhydrina 

 Gr., Persian Gulf to New Guinea ; Aipysurus Lac, Malay Arch., and 

 W.-trop. Pacific ; Platurus Daud., E. parts of the Indian and W. 

 Pacific Oceans. 



Sub-fam. 8. Elapinae. Tail cylindrical ; hypapophyses more or 

 less developed throughout the vertebral column ; about 29 genera 

 and 1.50 species ; Africa, S. Asia, S. N.- America, Central and S. 



America, and Australia in which 

 they constitute the bulk of the 

 ophidian fauna ; absent from Mada- 

 gascar and New Zealand. 



Acanthophis Daud., Moluccas, 

 Papuasia, Austr. ; A. antarcticus, 

 the death-adder of Australia; .4s- 

 pidelaps Smith, S. Air., Mozam- 

 bique ; Boulengerina Dollo, C. Afr.; 

 Brachyaspis Blgr., Aust. ; Bungarus 

 Daud., S.-E. As. ; B. candidus L., 

 the krait, Indian sub-region ; Cal- 

 lophis Ptrs., S.-E. As. ; Dendraspis 

 Schleg., trop. and S. Afr. ; Deni- 

 sonia Krefft, Aust., Tasmania, Solo- 

 mons, 21 species ; Diemenia Gthr., 

 Aust., N. Guinea ; Doliophis Gir., 

 Bui-ma, Cochin China, Malay Pen. 

 and Arch. ; Elapechis Blgr., trop. 

 and S. Afr. ; Elapognaihus Blgr., 

 Aust. ; Elaps Sclm. (Fig. 201), 

 America, about 30 species ; Furina 

 D. and B., Aust. ; Glyphodon Gthr., 

 N. Guinea and N. Aust. ; Hemi- 

 bungarus Ptrs., S.-E. As. ; Homo- 

 relaps Jan, S. Afr. ; Hoplocephalus 

 Gthr., Aust. ; Micropechis Blgr., N. 

 Guinea, Solomons ; iVam Laur., Afr., 

 S.-Asia, the neck region can be 

 expanded into a hood by the spread- 

 ing and moving forwards of the 

 ribs ; N. tripiidians, Merr., cobra, from Transcaspia to China and 

 the Malay Islands, to 6 ft. ; iV. haje L., the aspis or spy-slange of 

 Africa ; N bungarus Schleg., the hamadryad, King-Cobra, Snake- 

 eating Cobra, to 12 ft., India to S. China and the Philippines ; 

 Notechis Blgr., Aust., Tasmania; iV. scutatu^, tiger snake; Ogmodon 

 Ptrs., Fiji ; Psevdechis Wagl., Aust., N. Guinea ; Ps. porphyriacus, 

 the black-snake (females " brown-adders") of Australia; Pseudelaps 

 D. and B., Aust., Moluccas, Papuasia ; Rhinhoplocephalus F. Miill., 

 Aiast. ; Rhynchelaps Jan, Aust. ; Sepedon Merr., S. Afr. ; S. Jiaetna- 

 chates, the ringhals, S. Afr. ; Tropidechis Gthr., Aust. ; Walterinneaia 

 Lataste, Egypt. 



Fio. 200. — Hydrophis bicolor (RSgne 

 Animal). 



