MORPHOLOGY OF VENOMOUS SNAKES 25 
Elaps buckleyi. 
Orange color with yellow spots; head black; temple yellow. Length about 1.6 
feet. North Brazil and East Ecuador. 
Elaps anomalus. 
Fifty-five black rings separated by narrow yellow bands; belly reddish; tail yel- 
low or red with four black rings. Length about a foot. Colombia. 
Elaps heterozonus. 
Red or brown color with 17 to 25 black rings which are narrower than inter- 
mediary spaces; the black band on the head transverses the eyes. Length about 
3.6 feet. Eastern Ecuador; eastern Peru; Bolivia. 
Elaps elegans. 
The black rings of the tricolor series are separated by yellow spaces; 12 to 17 
series; head black with yellow spots. Length about 2.5 feet. Mexico and Guate- 
mala. 
Elaps annellatus. 
Black color with 41 to 49 white rings on body, including 4 to 7 on tail; white 
ring on head. Length about 1.6 feet. Eastern Peru. 
Elaps decoratus. 
Fifteen to 16 series of the three black rings on red; the head yellow with black 
crossband over eyes. Length about 2 feet. Brazil. 
Elaps dumerilii. 
Fight to 9 series of black rings on red and yellow; head black with one yellow 
crossband over occiput. 
Elaps corallinus. 
The “serpent corail.” The black band is separated by a red space with yellow 
edge; head bluish-black, and a blue line from rear of eye to lower jaw; tail 
white. Length about 2.6 feet. Tropical South America; St. Thomas, St. Vincent, 
Martinique. 
Elaps hemprichii. 
Black with red and yellow rings, a large ring between two narrow ones; occiput, 
upper lip, and temple yellow. Length about 2.5 feet. Guiana, Colombia, and Peru. 
Elaps tschudii. 
Black rings with larger spaces in series; the interspaces red and yellow; muzzle 
black. Length about 1.5 feet. Peru. 
Elaps dissoleucus. 
_ Same coloration. Length 3.25 feet. Venezuela. 
Elaps psyches. 
Alternative rings of black and brown with 48 to 52 narrow yellow rings; head 
black with yellow spots. Length about 1.6 feet. Guiana. 
Elaps spixii. 
Twenty to 38 black rings of the tricolor series; an occipital collar of black is 
followed by a spacious red band. Length about 5 feet. Venezuela, North Brazil. 
Elaps frontalis. 
Coloration regular; red, yellow, black series; head spotted yellow on black. 
Length about 5 feet. Central Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentine Republic. 
Elaps lemniscatus. 
Eleven to 14 series of black on red and yellow ground; head yellow, nose black; a 
white band on middle of head crosses the eyes. Length 3.5 feet. Guiana and Brazil. 
