THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF POISONOUS SNAKES 5E 
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Total length, 980 millimetres ; tail 150. 
Habitat: Himalayas, Bengal, Assam, Burma, Malay Peninsula, 
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pulo-Pinang, Sumatra. 
IV. Scales in 21 rows (rarely 
19 or 23); 7—13 series of scales 
between the supraoculars; tail 
more or less prehensile. 
(10) L. gramineus (Syn. Tri- 
meresurus gramineus. The Green 
Pit Viper).—145 — 175 ventral 
75 subcaudals ; snout 
seales ; 53 
slightly projecting; supraocular 
shield narrow. 
Colour bright green, rarely 
olive or yellowish, with or with- 
out darker transverse bands; end 
of tail yellow or red; belly green, 
yellow, or white. 
Total length, 870 millimetres ; 
tail 150. 
Habitat : South-eastern Asia, 
Darjeeling, Himalayas, Ganges 
Delta, Siam, Southern China, 
Hong Kong, Formosa, Java, 
Sumatra, Timor. 
(11) L. flavomaculatus (fig. Fie. 33.—Lachesis flavomaculatus. 
33).—170 — 187 ventral scales ; (After G. A. Boulenger, op. cit.) 
53— 73 subcaudals; snout pro- 
jecting, obliquely truncate; supraocular shield narrow. 
Colour bright green or olive, sometimes barred with reddish- 
brown ; belly green, olive, or greenish-yellow ; end of tail sometimes 
red. 
Total length, 1,060 millimetres ; tail 160. 
Habitat : Philippine Islands. 
