spots on sides of trunk Mabuya dissimilis 



b) Dorsal scales with 5-7 keels on each scale; no white 

 spots, but with narrow black stripes . . . Mabuya macularia 



SNAKES 



1. a) Pair of short, erect slightly recurved fangs on maxillary 



bone followed by 1-3 small teeth; neck can be expanded 

 into hood 2 



b) All maxillary teeth same size or with pair of long fangs 

 with no other teeth; neck cannot be expanded into hood 

 3 



2. a) Light beige or gray to darker brown or olive in body 



color; back of hood when expanded usually with 1-2 oval- 

 shaped dark markings; head scales not edged in black; one 

 small tooth usually present behind fang; no transverse 

 dark crossbands on back Nana naja 



b) Dark to light brown body; back of hood not marked with 

 oval markings; brown to olive head with scales edged in 

 black except in large adults; transverse dark crossbars 

 on body but may fade with age; three small teeth behind 

 fang Ophiophagus hannah 



3. a) Distinctly large, triangular-shaped, thick head with a 



deep pit between the eye and nostril on each side; pair 

 of long fangs on enlarged maxillary bone; eye with 

 vertical pupils; head and body greenish except for yellow 

 to white lips; Trimeresurus albolabris 



b) Head not wider than neck or only moderately so; no pit on 

 side of head between eye and nostril; numerous maxillary 

 teeth 4 



