18 VENOMOUS SNAKES AND THE PHENOMENA OF THEIR VENOMS 



Dendraspis jamesonii. 



Same coloration, with 15 to 19 rows of scales; tail sometimes black. Total 

 length somewhat over 6 feet. Western Africa, Guinea to Angola, central Africa. 



Dendraspis angusticeps. 



Color uniform green, olive, or blackish; belly yellowish or light green. Total 

 length 6 to 7 feet. Western Africa south of Congo; central Africa; eastern Africa; 

 Transvaal; Natal. 



Dendraspis antinorii. 



Color olive above, yellowish beneath. Total length 8 to 9 feet. Abyssinia. 



Genus OGMODON Peters. 



The maxillary bone, which is more prolonged than the palatine bone, carries, 

 beside the poison fangs, 6 to 7 grooved reserve teeth. Eyes very small, head not 

 distinct from body. Body cylindrical with smooth scales in 17 rows. Tail 

 short. Subcaudals in two series. 

 Ogmodon vitianus. 



Pointed snout. Color dark brown, lighter on sides; belly white or slightly 

 spotted with black; tail black. Total length about 1.5 feet. Fiji Islands. 



Genus GLYPHODON Giinther. (Plate 7, a, b, c.) 



The general character like Ogmodon. Snout rounded off. The poison fangs 

 are followed by small posterior maxillary teeth with an interspace between them. 

 Head and eyes small; pupil round or slightly vertically elliptical. Body cylindrical, 

 the scales in 17 rows. Tail short, subcaudal in two series. 



Glyphodon tristis. 



Color dark brown above, occiput yellowish or pale brownish-red, belly yellow. 

 Total length about 3 feet. Northeast of Australia, southeast of New Guinea. 



Genus PSEUDELAPS Dum^ril and Bibron. 



Maxillary bone is longer than palatine bone and carries a pair of large poison 

 fangs, which, after an interspace, are followed by 8 to 12 small teeth towards rear. 

 Anterior mandibular teeth almost as large as the poison fangs. Head and neck 

 not very distinct. Eyes small, vertical pupil. Body cylindrical. Scales smooth, 

 in 15 to 17 rows. Tail moderate or short, subcaudals in two rows. 



Pseudelaps muelleri. 



Color brown with a light vertebral line; the clear band of each side of head 

 crosses over the eyes; belly yellowish or coral-red, with or without black specks. 

 Total length about 1.5 feet. Malay Archipelago (Dutch), New Guinea, New 

 Britain. 



Pseudelaps squamulosus. 



Color brown with yellowish band around snout and between the eyes; belly 

 whitish with black specks, which join and form blackish line on each side. Total 

 length about 1.5 feet. New South Wales. 



Pseudelaps krefftii. 



Color dark brown with a longitudinal line on each scale; yellow transverse band 

 on occiput, passing over to another yellow band around muzzle; belly whitish 

 anteriorly and black in posterior portion. Total length about 8 inches. Queens- 

 land. 

 Pseudelaps harriettse. 



Color brown with a longitudinal black line on each scale. Total length about 

 1.5 feet. Queensland. 



