231. BUNGARirS. 



231. BUNaAEUS. 



365 



Pseudoboa, part., Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 281 (1801). 

 Bungaras, Baud. Hist. Rept. v. p, 263 (1803) ; Salikg. Phijs. Serp. 



ii. p. 456 (1837) ; Dum. 8f Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 1265 (1854) ; 



Gunth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 219 (1858) ; Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 117 



(1863) ; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 342 (1864) : Boulenq. Faun. 



Ind., Mept. p. 387 (1890). 

 Pseudoboa, Oppel, Ordn. Rept.^. 68 (1811). 

 Aspidoclonion, Wagler, Icon. Amph. (1828), and Sust. Amah. 



p. 192(1830). ^ y " V !> 



Mesrerophis, Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (2) iv. 1849, p. 247 : Giinth. 



Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 346. 

 Xenurelaps, Giinth. I. c. p. 345. 



Maxillary extending forwards as far as the palatine, with a pair 

 ot large grooved poison-fangs followed by one to four smaL feebly 

 grooved teeth ; mandibular teeth, anterior longest and faintly 

 grooved. Head not or but slightly distinct from neck ; eye small, 



Fig. 26. 



Skull of Bangarus candidus. 



with round or vertically subelliptic pupil ; nostril between two 

 nasals ; no loreal *. Scales smooth, oblique, without pits, in 13 to 

 17 rows, vertebral row enlarged, hexagonal ; ventrals rounded. 

 Tail moderate or short ; subcaudals single or in two rows. 

 South-eastern Asia. 



* Mr. W. L. Solater records a Bpeoimenof 5. bimgaroides with.a well-marked 

 loreal shield on either side. 



