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THE POISONOUS SNAKES OF INDIA. 



CALLOPHIS MACCLELLANDI-Macclelland's Coral Snake. 



Identification. — 

 from others of the 

 group it can be 

 distinguished by 

 the following 3 

 characters co-exist- 

 ing : — The anal 

 shield divided (as in 

 fig. 9 E) ; suprala- 

 bials 7; and a single 

 temporal touching 

 only the 5th and 

 6th supralabials. 

 (See fig. 20 B.) 



Sujjple mentary 

 characters. — Prce- 

 frontals touch the 

 internasal, posterior 

 nasal, praeocular, 

 supraocular, frontal. 

 Temporal 1 touch- 

 ing the 5th and 6th 

 supralabials. Su- 

 pralabials 7. An- 

 terior sublinguals 



touch 4 infralabials. -p^„ „„ n n v i n j- r.^ ai 



Fig. 20. - Callopnis macolellandi Cx 33, 



Posterior sublinguals touch the 4th infralabial only. Infralabials. — ■ 



The 4th is the largest of the series, and touches 2 scales behind. 



Scales 13 in whole body. Anal divided. Subcaudals divided 



throughout. 



Distribution. — Ranges from the Himalayas as far west as Kasauli, 

 Nepal and Sikkim through Assam, and Burmah to Southern China 

 and Formosa. Common in the Khasi Hills about Shillong. 



Poison. — Nothing known. 



Dimensions. — My largest specimen is 2 feet 7^ inches. 

 Colour. — There are four very distinct colour varieties. 



