THE POISONOUS SNAKES Ofc' INDIA. 



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his presence. The bitten hand swelled up at once, but by evening 

 had much reduced, and the following day the swelling had almost 

 entirely disappeared. 



JDimensions. — Grows to 2 J feet. 



Colour. — Foliage-green, uniform, or with black blotchings. A 

 black streak behind the eye. Belly uniform greenish or yellowish. 



LACHESIS ANAMALLENSIS— The Anamailay Viper. 



Identification.- — Supraocular divided, and co-existing with this, a 

 subocular not touch- 

 ing the 3rd labial. 



Supplementary char- 

 acters. — Internasals . — 

 A pair separated 

 by a small scale. 

 Siipraocular divided. 

 Kasal not vinited with 

 1st labial ; small scales 

 may or may not be 

 intercalated between 

 it and the 2nd labial. 

 S uh o cular. — Not 

 touching the 3rd la- 

 bial. 2nd labial, with 

 a furrow in its upper 

 part directed into the Fig. 36. — Lachesis anamallensis (nat. size), 



loreal pit. Scales. — Anterior, 21 ; midbody, usually 21 (rarely 19) ; 

 posterior, 16 or 17. 



Distribution. — Confined to the Western G-hats and hilly regions 

 south of the Krishna Eiver, where it is quite common, at altitudes 

 ranging between 2,000 to 7,000 feet.* 



Poison. — Rarely, if ever, fatal as far as we know (see Part II, 

 page 123). Jerdon has known several cases of bite, but none 

 proved fatal. 



Dimensions.- — Grows to Si feet. 



* The specimen from Cuttaek (No. 4122 in the Indian Museum, Sclater. J. A. S- 

 Bengal, Vol. LX) is in my opinion L. grammeus. 



