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Length — About two feet. Tail five inches. 



Shape — Head : thick, large, very distinct frcra neck. The 

 mouth can be but slightly expanded. There 

 is no mental groove. 

 Body : compressed and slender. 

 Tail : slender ; moderate or short. 

 Eye : moderate with vertical pupil. 

 Head shields — Regular. 

 A single nasal. 



No loreal but a large prse-ocular. 



The sublinguals or chin shields are unsymmetri- 



cal. There are three pairs rather large. Note 



absence of mental groove. 



Scales— \5, smooth. The vertebral row of scales is 



enlarged and hexagonal like the krait (Fig. 7). 



Ventrals—l 88 to 1 94 ; anal entire. Sub-eaudals 70—87 ; 



double. 

 Coldur — Brown above with vertical blackish bars on 

 the sides. 

 A black line from above the eye to the nape, and 

 another from behind the eye to the angle of 

 the mouth. 

 Yellowish below, dotted with brown. 



0a6»<at— Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Khasi and Naga 

 Hills. It is not uncommon in these localities 

 and care must be taken not to mistake it for a 

 krait. 



ABLABES CALAMARIA (No English name).* 



Length— A. small snake. Grows to about 12 inches, tail 

 one-fourth of the whole length. 



* Cficlophii Calamaria (Nicholwn), 



