﻿Smithsonian 
  Report. 
  1943. 
  Cochra 
  

  

  Plate 
  17 
  

  

  1. 
  Tiger 
  snake 
  (Notechis 
  scutatus). 
  Color: 
  green, 
  gray, 
  orange 
  or 
  brown, 
  with 
  dark 
  bands. 
  Length: 
  over 
  

   5 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  southern 
  half 
  of 
  Australia. 
  Extremely 
  poisonous; 
  very 
  aggressive. 
  (Courtesy 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  

   the 
  Antivenin 
  Institute.) 
  

  

  2. 
  Death 
  adder 
  (Acanthophis 
  antarcticus). 
  Color: 
  brownish 
  or 
  gray, 
  with 
  dark 
  bands 
  which 
  are 
  most 
  

   apparent 
  in 
  the 
  young. 
  Length: 
  3 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  dry 
  parts 
  of 
  Australia, 
  except 
  Victoria. 
  Extremely 
  poi- 
  

   sonous. 
  (Courtesy 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  Antivenin 
  Institute.) 
  

  

  