Poisonous Snakoi of the World 



lintly furm illsiiiiKulsli It fii'iu 111!' roiiiimiiilivcly frw 

 iii>ii|)ul!M>m>tiM siiiikt's wllliiii its riMiKi'. 



Ciilor yi'lli)\vlsli. tail or Kra.vlsh wllli many ilai-k hrowii 

 or Krny >'rossliamls alli'i'iiatliiK wlOi spots on llit> sUIrs 

 or with crossliaiuls aiitl spots fushiK to iirodiuo nn ir- 

 r«>Kul»r m'twork; lit-lly rrcaiii to yellow with line hlaik 

 piinctatiim csporlally toward the tail; lop of head with 

 ilark spot nhove t'adi eye and at iiapo; tip of tall yiilow- 

 ish. AveraKO IciiKth 2'J to 2H Inches; niaximuin about 

 ;{.'i liu-hes. 



nintribiition: A characteristif snake of the vast cpn- 

 triil Asian steppe where It occurs in grassland and 

 ilesert ; often abundant around ro<ky bluffs that prob- 

 ably are hiberiuitint: dens. Uantie in Europe restricted 

 to the region between the Vol^a and the Vrals; found 

 eastward to southern Siberia and Mongolia. 



Remarks: Largely luxturnal : rests dtirin« day be- 

 neath stones or shr\d)s. Bites by this snake are not 

 infrequent, but fatalities are rare. 



This account deals chiefly with Ankistnidon h. Iiali/s. 

 A.h. rdrapaiiim, a»(J A.h. intcrmctliiiii. The races of A. 

 hiiljiH in the Far East are treated elsewhere. 



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 123 figs., 37 maps. 



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