﻿Smithsonian 
  Report. 
  1943. 
  Cochran 
  

  

  Plate 
  15 
  

  

  1. 
  Green 
  mamba 
  (Dendraspis 
  viridis). 
  Color: 
  green 
  or 
  dark 
  olive, 
  uniform 
  or 
  each 
  scale 
  brown 
  at 
  the 
  end; 
  

   lips 
  yellowish, 
  outlined 
  with 
  black. 
  Length: 
  7J4 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  West 
  Africa 
  from 
  the 
  Senegal 
  to 
  the 
  Niger. 
  

   Poisonous. 
  (Courtesy 
  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Society.) 
  

  

  2. 
  Australian 
  black 
  snake 
  (Pseudechis 
  porphyriacus). 
  Color: 
  above 
  blue 
  black: 
  beneath 
  scarlet, 
  the 
  scales 
  

   often 
  edged 
  with 
  black. 
  Length: 
  6 
  to 
  7 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  Australia, 
  except 
  the 
  northern 
  part. 
  Poisonous. 
  

   (Courtesy 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  Antivenin 
  Institute.) 
  

  

  