THE POISONOUS SNAKES OF INDIA. 



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OALLOFHIS MAOTTLIOEFS— The Small-spotted Ooral Snake. 

 Identification. — This and the next differ from others of this group in 

 having the anal shield divided (as in fig. 9 E) and the temporal shield 

 touching the 5th, Qxh and 7tli supralabials. The habitat will separate 

 one from the other. 





Fig. 22.— Callophia maca'iceps ( X 6). 

 Supplementary characters. — Proefrontals touch the internasal, 

 posterior nasal, preeocular, supraocular, and frontal. Temporal — One ; 

 touching the 5th, 6th and 7th supralabials. Supralabials 7. 

 Anterior sublingaals touch 4 infralahials. Posterior sublinguals touch 

 the 4th infralabial. Infralabiats. — The 5th, rarely Jth, is the largest of 

 the series, and touches 2 scales behind. Scales 13 in whole body. Anal 

 divided. Subcaudals divided througliout. 



Distribution. — An uncommon snake restricted to the Burmese area 

 of our British-Indian Territory. 



Poison. — Nothing known. 



Dimensions. — Grows to 1^ feet. 



Colour. — Head and neck liluck. Body yellowish-brown above, with 

 a series of small black duts on each side of the spine. Two black bands 

 on the tail — one basal, the other subterminal. Belly coral pink. Tail 

 dappled black, and grey beneath. 



