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Genus CONTIA, Baird and Girard - - - 205 



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



Genus CCELOPELTIS, 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 

 20 Tareophis 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 



