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THE POISONOUS SNAKES OF INDIA. 



touches 3 scales behind. Scales are 13 in whole body, Anal entire. 

 Siibcaudals divided throughout. 



Distribution. — A rare species recorded only from the Western Ghats 

 of India. 



Poison. — Nothing known. 



Dimensions. — Grows to 2 feet and over. 



Colour. — Boulenger says * : " Cherry-red to dark purplish brown 

 above, red beneath, with black transverse bauds which are sometimes 

 continuous across the belly ; anterior part of head black above.'* 



CALL0F5IS MACCLELLAITSZ— Macclelland's Coral Snalce. 



Identification, — 

 From others of the 

 group it can be 

 distinguished by 

 the following 3 

 characters co-exist- 

 ing; : — The anal 

 shield divided (as in 

 fig. 9 E) ; suprala- 

 bials 7 ; and a single 

 temporal touching 

 only the 5th and 

 6th supralabials. 

 {See fig. 20 B.) 



Suplem ent ary 

 characters. — Proe- 

 frontals touch the 

 internasal, posterior 

 nasal, praeocular, 

 supraocular,froutal. 

 Temporal 1 touch- 

 ing the 5th and 6th 

 supralabials. Su- 

 pralabials 7. An- 

 terior sublinguals 

 touch 4 infralabials. p^^^ 20.-Callophis macclellandi (X3). 



♦ CaS, Snakes, Brit. INIus., Vol. Ill, p. 399. 



