LIST OF TABLES 



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1. Vii'hl and liClliality of X'ciioins of I iiipoil ant Poisonous Snakes 6 



2. Symptoms and Si^rns of ( 'rotalul Hites 8 



•">. Symptoms and Sii;iis of \'ij)frid IVifes 9 



4. Symptoms and Si<j;ns of Elapid Hites 10 



5. Distribution of Poisonous Snakes of North Amciica 36 



0. Distribution of Poisonous Snakes of Mexico 



and Cential America 48 



7. Distribution of Poisonous Snakes of South America 



and tlie West Indies 60 



8. Distribution of Poisonous Snakes of Europe 72 



9. Distribution of Poisonous Snakes of North Africa 78 



10. Distribution of Poisonous Snaivcs of Central 



and Soutliern Africa 86 



11. Distribution of Poisonous Snakes of the Near 



and Middle East 106 



12. Distribution of Poisonous Snakes of Southeast Asia 116 



13. Distribution of Poisonous Siuikes of the Far East 132 



14. Distribution of Poisonous Snakes of Australia and tlie 



Pacific Islands 140 



15. Distribution of Sea Snakes 158 



LIST OF COLOR PLATES 



I. Kepresentative American Pit Vipers (Crotalidae) 205 



II. Representatives of Some Poisonous Snake Families 206 



III. Representatives of Some Pcnsonous Snake Families 207 



IV. Representative Pit Vipers (Crotalidae) 208 



V. Some Poisonous Snakes of Asia 209 



VI. Some Poisonous Snakes of Asia 210 



VII. Some Poisonous Snakes of Africa 211 



VIII. Some Poisonous Snakes of Africa 212 



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