250 . 



Claudetown, Baram, Pangkalan ampat, Kuching, Sibu, Kapit 

 on Rejang river, Lundu, Balikpapan); Java (Krawang!, Tjikao!); 

 Celebes (Soputan Volcano in Minahassa). Singapore; Malay 



Fig. 94. Naja bungarus Schleg. Young specimen. X 3 /4- Side view of head. 



Peninsula; Siam; Andamans; Burma; India; Indo China; 

 S. China; Philippines. 



Usually feeds on snakes. 



60. Callophis Giinther. 

 (GUNTHER, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 81, 1859). 



Head small, not distinct from neck; eye small; pupil round; 

 nostril between two nasals; loreal absent. Maxillary teeth 2 

 large, grooved fangs, no more teeth; mandibular teeth about 

 equal. Praefrontal bones in contact in the median line. Body 

 long, round, covered with smooth scales without pits, in 13 

 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail short; subcaudals in two rows. 



Distribution. S. E. Asia. 



A single species. 



i. Callophis gracilis Gray. 



Calliophis gracilis, Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. II 1834, pi. LXXXVI, fig. I. 

 Callophis gratilis, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Ill 1896, p. 396. 



Eye very small, about half its distance from the mouth. 

 Rostral more broad than deep; internasal not bordering the 



