THE POISONOUS SNAKES OP INBIA. 



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DOLIOPHIS BIVIRGATUS-The White-striped Coral Snaite. 



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Fig. 15. — Doliophis bivirgatus. (X 1). 



Identification. — This and the next species agree in having only 6 

 stipralabials, and the anal shield entire, which characters serve to 

 distinguish them from all the rest of the group. The belly in this 

 snake is uniform red in colour. 



Supplementary characters. — Prcefrontals touch the internasal, pos- 

 terior nasal, prseocular, supraocular, and frontal. Temporal. — One, 

 which touches the 5th and 6th supralabials. Supralahials 6. An- 

 terior sublinguals touch the 1st, 3rd and the 4th only of the in- 

 fralabials. Posterior sublinguals touch the 4th infralabial only. 

 Infralabials. — The 4th is the largest of the series, and touches 2 

 scales behind. Scales are 13 in the whole body. Anal entire. 

 Subcaudals divided throughout. 



