Section 7 

 THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST 



Definition of the Region: 

 Include)! Asian Turkey, Syria, Jordan,, Israel. Lebanon, the Arabian Penin- 

 sula, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and the (reorgian. Armenian Azerbaidshan. 

 Turkmen. T'.~hil\ Tadzhih. Kirgiz and Kazakh Soriafixt Soviet Republics. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Map of the region 107 



Introduction 107 



Distribution Chart 106 



Key to Genera 108 



ELAPIADE: 



Xaja 107 



Walterinnesia 107 



VIPERIDAE: 



At ractaspis 107 



BitiJi 109 



Cera.ftes 110 



Echis 110 



EristicopMs 110 



Pseudocerastes 110 



Vipera 111 



CROTALIDAE: 



A(/kistrodon 112 



References 113 



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