Section 3 



SOUTH AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES 



Definition of the Region: 

 AH of South America, inchuUnc/ Colombia. Venezuela. Britinh Guiana. Suri- 

 nam, French Guiana, Brazil. Bolivia. Paraguay. Argentina, Uruguay. Chile, 

 Peru, /iruador. a-iid the ixhind of Aruha vljf Venezuela, in addition to those 

 few islaiuh of the Went hulies inhabited by poisonous sjjaA'es: Martinique. 

 Santa Lucia. Tobago, and T rinidad. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Mop of the region 63 



Introduction 62 



Distribution Chart 60, 61 



Key to Genera 62 



ELAPIDAE: 



Lcptomicrurus 63 



Micrui'us 63 



CROTALIDAE: 



Uothrops 65 



Crotalus 67 



Lachesis 69 



References 69 



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