THE POISONOUS SNAKES OF INDIA. H-tt 



i.ccurs. Prceoeulars 3. A very unusual feature. (Except the pit-vipers 

 1 know of only one other snake where these shields are 3, viz., 

 [jytorhynchus paradoxus.) Temporals 2. The upper touching one 

 supralabial only, the 4th. Eye with vertical pupil. Supraldbials 6, the 

 3rd only touching the eye. Sublinguals. — One pair only each in 

 contact with 2 scales behind. Infralabials 3 only. 



Distribution. — One specimen only known discovered by Mons. Fea in 

 the Kfichin Hills of Upper Burmah. 



Poison. — Nothing known. 



Dimensions. — 2 feet. 



Colour. — Boulenger* says : " Lower parts olive-grey with some 

 small lighter spots ; chin and throat variegated with yellow." He further 

 remarks it is strikingly like a harmless col ubrine in external appear- 

 ance. 



• Faun* of Brit. lad.. Reptilia Batrachia', p. 419. 



