THE POISONOUS SNAKES OF INDIA. 



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Vipera lebetina. 



Identification.— The sublinguals touching 4 or 5 infralabials ; the 

 subcaudala divided; and the absenco of the large lateral spots on 

 the siles so typical of the last when occurring together, will suffice to 

 identify this from the rest of the group. 



Kig. 89.— Vipera lebetina (nat. size). 



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