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SCALED REPTILES 



Closely allied to the preceding are two snakes from Burma and the 



Lorn?- Malayan region which merely differ in that the poison glands, instead 



of being confined to the back part of the head, extend along each side 



of the body for about a third of its total length, gradually thickening 



till they end in front of the heart in club-shaped expansion. The heart being 



thrown further back in the body than ordinary, these snakes may be recognized 



externally by the thickening of that region. The figured species {Adcniophis 



intestinalis) is an extremely elongated and slender snake, inhabiting Burma and 



the Malayan islands, and attaining a length of two feet. It is generally brown 



BANDED ADDER, OR RAJ SAMP. 



(One-fourth natural size.) 



above with a yellowish black-edged line running down the middle of the back, and 

 a nearly similar one on each side of the body; the under parts being banded with 

 yellow and black. 



Although the native name crait applies properly only to a single 

 member {Bungarus cceruletis) of this genus, it may be conveniently 

 extended to include the whole of the eight species, which range from India to the 

 south of China, five occurring in India and Ceylon. Closely connected with the 

 resplendent snakes by the genus Hemibungarus, in which a solid tooth is present 

 behind the fangs, the craits have from one to three small solid teeth behind these; 

 and the smooth scales are arranged in thirteen or fifteen rows, with the middle row 



Craits 



