26 



Scales— 19, smooth. 



Ventrals—19i to 220 ; anal bifid. Subcaudals 82—119. 



Colour —Greyish, olive or yellowish olive above, usually 

 with more or less marked dark or black cross- 

 bars. Yellowish below with a series of black 

 spots on each side of the belly. A black 

 oblique streak below the eye and another on 

 the temple. 



Habitat — Commonest iq Northern India, Punjab, 

 Kashmir, Baluchistan ; also Sind, Cutch and 

 Bombay. 



ZAMENIS FACrOLATUS (No English naTne). 



Length — Grows to 3J feet in length, ; tail one-fifth. 



Shape — Head : small, flat ; not very distinct from neck. 

 Snout obtuse, curved and projecting. 

 Body : elongated, slender, tapering. 

 Tail : very slender. 



Eye : rather large, pupil round, iris faintly edged 

 with yellow. 



Head s/tiWcZs— Regular, but the temporals are small and 

 scale-like. Posterior sublinguals are separated 

 by two or three series of scales. Usually a 

 small sub-ocular. Labials 8 (4 and 5). 



Scales — 21 or 23, smooth. 



Ventrals— 200 to 2S0 ; anal bifid. Sub-caudals 73 — 95, 

 double. 



Colouring — Yellowish, reddish or olive brown. In the 

 anterior part very distinct narrow, white and 

 dark variegated cross-bars about one-quarter 

 inch apart. In the young these bars consist 

 of about ten white dots, each surrounded by a 

 black margin, the black tnargins being oon- 



