

PLATE 79. Mimicry in snakes. 

 group B are harmless. 



The snakes in group A have poisonous fangs ; those in 



a. Elaps dumerili, New Granada, b. Elaps lenmiscatus, Brazil, c. Elaps semipartitus, New 

 Granada, d. Elaps psyche, Brazil, e. Elaps corallimus, Brazil, Central America. /. Ophibolus 

 doliatus, Southern North America and Central America. g. Pliocercus elapsides, Mexico. 

 h. Oxyrrhopus trigemimis, Brazil, i. Pliocercus euryzonus, New Granada. /. Erythrolampms 

 escnlapii, Brazil. k. Cemophora coccinea, Southern United States. /. Erythrolamprtts venus- 

 tissimus, Brazil, Central America. [After COPE.] 



