Section 8 

 SOUTHEAST ASIA 



Definition of the Region: 

 Includes the Indian Subcontinent ; Tibet and other Hivialayan States; the 

 Chinese provinces of Si^xkiang. Tsinghai. Szechican. Yunnan. Kiceichoic. 

 Kwangsi. Kwangtung. Ilvnan. Kiangsi. Fiikien, Chekiang. and Hainan Is- 

 hwd ; liNrina ; Thaihiiid: the Miihiy /'eninsii/ii ; Laos; Cambodiu; Viet .Xam; 

 Ceylon; Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Sumatra, Java and the Lesser Sunda 

 Islands; Borneo and Celebes. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Map of the region 117 



Introduction 11 ( 



Distribution Chart 116, 118 



Key to Genera 119 



ELAPIDAE: 



The Kraits 117 



Bunganis 120 



Coral Snakes: 



Calliophis 121 



Maticora 122 



Cobras 123 



Naja 124 



Ophiophagus 125 



VIPERIDAE: 



Azcmiops 126 



EchiJi - 126 



Eristicophis 126 



Pseud ocerastes 127 



Yipera 127 



CROTALIDAE: 



Agkistrodon 128 



Trimeresiirus 129 



References 130 



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