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touches 3 scales behind. Scales are 13 in whole body. Anal entire 

 Subcaudals divided throughout. 



Distribution. — A rare species recorded only from the Western Ghats 

 of India. 



Poison. — Nothing known. 



Dimensions. — Grows to 2 feet and over. 



Colour.— Boulenger says * : " Cherry-red to dark purplish brown 

 above, red beneath, with black transverse bands which are sometimes 

 continuous across the belly; anterior part of head black above.'' 



Callophis macclellandii — Macclelland's Coral Snake. 



Identification. — 

 From others of the 

 group it can be 

 distinguished by 

 the following 3 

 characters co-exist- 

 ing; : — The anal 

 shield divided (as in 

 Fig. 9 E) ; suprala- 

 bials7 ; and a single 

 temporal touching 

 only the 5th and 6th 

 supralabials. {See 

 Fig. 20 B.) 



Supplement ary 

 charade: s. — Prce - 

 frontals touch the 

 internasal,p ester ior 

 nasal, prseocular, 

 supraocular,frontal. 

 Temporal 1 touch- 

 ing the 5th and <)th 

 supralabials. Su- 

 pralabials 7. An- 

 terior subling ua I s 

 touch 4infralabials. 



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Fig. 2<'».— Callophis. macclellandii (X3). 



* Cat. Snakes, Brit. Mas., Vol. Ill, p. 399. 



