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THE POISONOUS SNAKES OP INDIA. 



Fig. 10. — Bungarus fasciatus ( X 2). 



Supplementary characters. — The vertebral row is more enlarged 

 than in any others of the genus, the scales being considerably 

 broader than long. The back is ridged along the spine, and the 

 tail is blunt, and finger-like (see fig. 9 A). 



Distribution. — Prom Southern China and the Malayan ' Subregion, 

 it extends through Tenasserim to the Basins of the Irrawaddy and 

 the Brahmaputra, South of the Himalayas. It is only known from 

 Peninsula India in the North-East as. far South as the Basin of 



