REPTILES 



Bitis arietans, the puff-adder of the Gold Coast. 

 Cerastes cornutus, the horned viper of North Africa. 

 Echis carinatus, the viper of the Pyramids. 



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Elaps fulvius (the harlequin snake, or coral snake). (After L. Stejncger.) 



DISTRIBUTION AND PECULIARITIES. 



In Asia are the Elapinae, Hydrophinae, Viperinai, and Crotalinae. 

 In Africa are the Elapin^ and Viperin;^. 



In Australia and Oceania are the Elapin^ and Hydrophinae. 

 In America are the Elapinag and Crotalinae. 



