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THE POISONOUS SNAKES OF INDIA. 



Supplementary charac- 

 ters. — Frcefrontals touch 

 the internasal, posterior 

 nasal, prseocular, supra- 

 ocular, and frontal. Tem- 

 poral 1, touching the 

 5th and 6 th supralabials. 

 Supralahials 6. Anterior 

 sublinguals touch 4 infra- 

 labials. Posterior sublin- 

 guals touch the 4th infra- 

 labial. Infralabials. — The 

 4th is the largest of the 

 series, and touches 2 scales 

 behind. Scales in 13 

 rows in whole body. 

 Anal divided. Suhcaudals 

 divided throughout. 



Distribution. — An un- 

 FiG. 21.— CaUopMstrimaculatusCx 6). common snake recorded 



from Oeylon*, S. India, Deccan, Kanara, Bengal, and Burmah. 



Poison. — Nothing known. 



Dimensions. — Of very slender form. Grows to 13 inches. 



Colour. — Light yellowish-brown. Head and neck black. Tail 

 with two black rings. Belly coral pink. 



CALLOPHIS MACULiCEPS-The Small-spotted Coral Snake. 



Identification. — This and the next differ from others of this group 

 in having the anal shield divided (as in fig. 9 E) and the temporal 

 shield touching the 5th, 6th and 7th supralabials. The habitat 

 wrill separate one from the other. 



• I examined one in the Colombo Museum from Tissamaharana, 20 miles X. E. 

 of Hambantota. 



