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Pig. 31. — Ancislmduii, IniimaL 



(The Caraioalla of Guyluii.) 

 (After Sir Josepli Fayrer.) 



VENOMS 



on the vertex ; a (lark, ]i{.;l)t-ed<:;ed band 

 on the teni))le ; helly whitish, more or 

 less speckled with f.;rey fir brown. 



Total length, 41)0 millimetres ; tail ()5. 



Habitat : From tlie borders of the 

 Caspian Sea and the Ural River to the 

 Upper Yenisei; Turkestan. 



A. i)iter)iicaius. — Resembles the fore- 

 going very closely, but the snout is not 

 turned up at the end. 



Total length, 750 millimetres ; tail H5. 



Habitat : Central Asia, Eastern 

 Siberia, INIongolia. and Japan. 



A. blomhojjii. — Similar to A. liahjs, 

 but the snout is not turned up at the 

 end, and the body scales are in 21 rows; 

 137 — 166 ventral scales ; 20 — 55 sub- 

 caudals. 



Coloration very variable ; grey, brown, 

 or red above, with large black-edged spots 

 arranged in pairs ; black, light-edged 

 band on the temple ; upper hp uniformly 

 yellow or red ; belly yellow or reddish, 

 more or less spotted with black, or almost 

 entirely black. 



Total length, 7'20 millimetres; tail 

 100. 



Habitat : Eastern Siberia, Mongoha, 

 China, Japan, Siam. 



A. hiinalaijatnix. — Snout scarcely 

 tui-ned up, with a ha-rd tip ; 5 — 7 supra- 

 labial shields. Body scales m 21 (rarely 

 23) rows; 114 — 166 ventrals ; sub- 

 caudals in 3)5 — 51 pairs. 



