104 VENOMS 
Total length, 490 millimetres ; tail 70. 
Habitat : Eastern Peru. 
(11) EH. decoratus.—Scales in 15 rows; 196—213 ventrals: 29—57 
subcaudals. 
Colour red, with 15—16 sets of black annul disposed in threes ; 
head yellow, with end of snout black, and a black band across the 
eyes. 
Total length, 625 millimetres. 
Habitat : Brazil. 
(12) E. dumerilii.—Scales in 15 rows; 197—204 ventrals ; 50—53 
subcaudals. 
Colour: 8—9 sets of three black annuli on red and yellow ; 
head black, with a yellow band on the occiput. 
Total length, 410 millimetres ; tail 65. 
Habitat : Colombia. 
(13) EH. corallinus (The Coral Snake).—‘Scales in 15 rows; 
179—231 ventrals ; 30—47 subcaudals ; 1 + 1 temporals. 
Colour: Body with black annuli, separated by red interspaces 
edged with yellow; head bluish-black ; temples yellow ; a blue line 
from behind the eye to the lower jaw ; tail white. 
Total length, 790 millimetres ; tail 70. 
Habitat: Tropical South America and Lesser Antilles (St. 
Thomas, St. Vincent, Martinique). 
(14) H. hemprichii.—Scales in 15 rows ; 168—181 ventrals ; 
22—29 subcaudals ; 1 + 1 temporals. 
Colour: Black, with red or yellow annuli, a broad annulus 
between the narrow ones ; occiput, upper lip, and temples yellow. 
Total leneth, 720 millimetres; tail 65. 
Habitat: Guianas, Colombia, Peru. 
(15) EH. tschudii.—Scales in 15 rows ; 207—221 ventrals; 21—28 
subcaudals. 
Colour: Body with black annuli broader than the interspaces, 
disposed in sets; interspaces red and yellow; snout and occiput 
black. 
