Poisonous Snokes of iho Work! 



wiivy strl|ii': hcU.v wlilllsh >iin'ii>icl ullli lnowii ( sec 

 l>la(i> y. Hi; II. 



Avrrimi' Ic'iiulli ;{0 III 10 liii'lii's; iiimnIiiiiiiii mIkmiI I 



lUnliibiitiiiii: Tiilwiiii iiiiil siiiiiIktii Cliiiia \v<>sl 

 tliroiiKli iiiirtlifi'ii \°i<'l Niiiii 1111(1 I.iioN III ciislci'ii lliirinii. 

 ('(iiiiiiiiHK'st ill hilly iin-iis with ki'iiss up spnrsi' I'lircst 

 liiit III nil Ki'<'»t iillitiiili' iil'li'ii I'oiiiiil ill suliiii'liMii mill 

 llKl'icilllill'ill ilistrirls. 



I>'i)iiiiik.i: .Must 111' wlijil Ims liccii .said nl' the (Iki- 

 nawa lialui apiirais In lu> Inic nf tlil.s snake iilsii. It Is 

 nricii iiii|iliriitf<l ill siiaki'bilc accidents, .\iitivenin is 

 IiriulMceil liy the 'I'liiwaii Seniiii X'acciiie I.iiliiii-Mtdi-y. 

 'raipei. 



Chinese Mountain Viper, /' r/iiurcsiiriis iiioiiticDhi 

 < iiiiil lier. 



Iilfiili/iftiliiiii: .\ |ilt viiMT i>l' ili'iiilcdly slmUlcr luiild 

 tliaii the rhincse h.-iliu :iiiil hickiiiir llie ;;reeii inlur mihI 

 preliensilc l.iil ot' I lie lice viiicrs. I'siially liH I'T simIc 

 rows at niidliiiily : t'cwcr lli;iii L'llii \ ciil i;ils : Ci." nr i'i'wit 

 siilicandals. 



(iiay 111- olive siiccklcd willi black : series of laine 

 si|Maiisli liinwii or reddisli liliilihes: Inji of head diirl< 

 lii-nu II or lil:iik soiiicdiiics wilh liuhl V-sli;ipcd iii:u'l; ; 

 liclly white iiiolllcd willi ilMik lirowii. 



.\vcr.-mc Icnu'lli .'i lo .'i'j feel, ma \iiiiiiiii .'iliout I feet. 



m%L:M0 



Fioi-RE on. — Chinese Mountain Viper. Ti-iiiicrciiiirKS mon- 

 tUulit. riioto by New York Zoolofjical Society. (See 

 also plate \ . tiyure H. ) 



Dixlriliiitioii : Nepal eastward across luainlaiid China 

 and south thronf;h the Malay reninsula. Csnally found 

 in wooded mountainous counlry to elevations of about 

 S.noO feef. 



Ifiiiiiirhtc Lays e^ss that are ^;uarded by the mother. 

 These nestinjr females are said to be somewhat sullen 

 and irritable: otherwise it is a jilacid slnsKish snake. 



Xo antivenin is available. 



Wagler's Pit Viper, Trhnrrf^uru!^ iniglerl (Boie). 



I(h iiti/icdiitiii: Stout with unusually wide head and 

 prehensile tail: scales between eyes and on cliin and 

 throat strongl.v keeled. 



Adults sreen with hlack-edfied scales or black with 

 scattered sreeu spots; broad crossbands. tfieeii above 

 shading to yellow on sides: head blaik above, sides 

 yellow or greenish; bell.v Kreenish mottled with yellow: 

 tail black. Young, green with a regular row of spots, 

 each one half white and half red : tail reddish. There 

 i.s a good deal of color variation, especially in the Philip- 



Fii.ruK IIHI. Wagler's I'il \i|ici-. 'I'riiiii i( siini-i iiiif/lni. 

 riiolo by .\ew ^ork Zoological Society. (See also 

 pbile l\'. ligiii'c I. I 



pines. Some populations arc .'ilinost uniform gri'en, 

 others tend to i-etain the .jiiNcHilc pattern. The keeled 

 Ihroal scales are diagnostic Ihroughout the range. 



.\\ciage length .''.0 to ;^." inches; maximum about 10 

 iiiilics. 



Distiihiilitiii : Thailand. Malaysia, Indonesia. Horneo 

 and the riiilippines. A common snake of lowland .iungle 

 and plantations. 



h'liiiitihn: A tree snake of remarkably sluggish and 

 gentle ilisposit ion .-it least during the day. It is some- 

 times kept iiiicouliiicd in tcmiiles or loleraleil about 

 dwellings as an omen of good lin-lc. The venom is fairly 

 toxic for animals and |iresent in good (|uantity, .so the 

 snake is capable of intlicting a dangerous bite. No 

 siiecific antivenin is available. 



Tlie sea sniilces ;ii'e discussed in Cliiiiilci' VIII. 



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KINTZ, Roliei't K. li)(i.']. Snak-s of Taiwan. 



r.S. Naval ^fedical Reseaicli Unit No. 2: 



Taipei, Taiwan, |i|i. 1-7'.', color pis., text figs. 



(not nninhei'ed). 

 LKVITOX, Alan E. lOfil. Keys to the Danjrer- 



oiisly Venomous Terrestrial Snakes of the 



Phililipine Islands. Sillinian Jour., vol. 8, 



P11. 9S-1()6, ficrs. 1-2. 

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Nat. Hist. Cent. Asia, vol. 10 New York, 



l)p. i-iii 4- 1-604, 27 jils. fij2;s., map. 

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;iii(l .Vdjacent Territory. Bull. U.S. Nat. 



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li»('i:'i. ^'iMlolllous Snakes of the Pacific Area. 



In A'enoiuoiis and Poisonous Animals and 



Noxious Plants of the Pacific Region. (H. 



L. Keegan and W. V. ^lacFarlane, eds.) 



Pergamon Press: Oxford, jip. 219-325, figs. 



1-78. 



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