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MANDAL OP THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAP. VIII, 

 PART II. Lycodon aulicus, L. 

 Zo^GY. " striatus, Shaw. 



Python molurus, L. 



LYCODONTID^. 



... Common up to 4,000 feet. 

 ... Slopes, common. 



PYTHONID^. 



... All the slopes up to 4,000 feet, 

 not common. 



ERYCID./E. 



Gongylophis conicus, Schn. 

 Eryx Johnii, Bussell. 



... Common under stones in dry 



forests up to 3,000 feet. 

 . , . Foot of Hills, east side. 



Venomous 

 snakes. 



VENOMOUS SNAKES. 

 ELAPSID^. 



Naja tripudians, Merr. 



Ophiophagus elops, Gunth. 



Callophis nigrescens, Gunth. 

 „ Malabaricus, Jerd. 



„ cerasinus, Bedd. 



„ trimacalatus, Gunth. 



Bungfarus coeruleus, Schn. 



DaLoia elegans, Shato. 

 Echis carminata, Schn. 



. . . Common low down, rarely coming 

 up to 5,000 feet. 



... The Ouchterlony Valley and 

 western slopes, rare. 



... Slopes near G-ajalhatti, rare, 



... Western slopes and up to Nedu- 

 wattam, rare. 



... Mudumale and western slopes. 



. . . This rare little snake, only hither- 

 to known from the dry districts 

 of Trichinopoly and Bellary, 

 has just been discovered at 

 the foot of the Sisapara Ghat. 



... Eastern slopes. 



VIPERID^. 



Lower slopes, eastern side. 

 Do. do. 



CROTALID^. 



Trimeresurus Anemaleensis, ... Western 



Gunth. 

 „ strigatus, Graij. 



Halys Elliotii, Jerd. 



Hypnale nepa, Lour. 



slopes and northern 

 slopes, common. 



Kundas, very common. 



Coonoor slopes, described briefly 

 by Dr. Jerdon, but never detect- 

 ed since. 



Slopes, not uncommon. 



Of the venomous snakes only two, viz., Trimeresurus strigatus 

 and Callophis Malabaricus ascend to the plateau, and they appear 

 to be confined to the western and northern sides of the Hills, 

 never having been observed about Ootacamand or Coonoor, &c. 



