THE POISONOUS SNAKES OF INDIA. 



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7*..^ / .7"^ 



Fig. 22— Callophis maculiceps (xej. 



Supplemejitary characters. — Prcefrontals touch the internasal, pos- 

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

 touching the 5th, 6th and 7th supralabials. Supralabials 7. Ante- 

 rior sublinguals touch 4 infralabials. Posterior sublinguals touch the 

 4th infralabial. Infralabials. — The 5th, rarely 4th, is the largest 

 of the series, and touches 2 scales behind. Scales 13 in whole 

 body. Anal divided. Subcaudals divided throughout. 



Distribution. — An uncommon snake restricted to the Burmese 

 area of our British-Indian Territory. 



Poison. — Nothing known. 



Dimensions. — Grows to l-^ feet. 



Colour. — Head and neck black. Body yellowish-brown above, 

 with a series of small black dots on each side of the spine. Two 

 black bands on the tail — one basal, the other subterminal. Bellj- 

 coral pink. Tail dappled black, and grey beneath. 



HEMiBUNGARUS NIGRESCENS-The Common Indian Coral Snake. 



Identification. — Like the last this differs from others of this group, 

 in that the anal shield is divided, and the temporal touches the 5th, 

 6th and 7th supralabials. Its habitat will distinguish it. 



