68 VENOMS 



Colour grey or pale brown above, with a series of large rhom- 

 boidal or V-shaped blackish-brown spots; a large A-shaped dark 

 brown mark on the occiput ; an oblique dark streak behind the 

 eye ; supralabial shields edged with black ; belly yellowish. 

 • Total length, 400 millimetres ; tail 22. 

 Habitat: Central and East Africa, Transvaal. 



Fig. 35. — Skull of Caitsus rhomheatus. (After G. A. Boulenger, op. cit.) 



(4) C. lichtensteinii. — Snout obtuse ; scales in 15 rows ; 142 — 

 144 ventrals ; subcaudals 15 — 21, single. 



Colour greyish, with rather indistinct darker chevron-shaped 

 cross-bands. 



Total length, 413 millimetres ; tail 35. 



Habitat : West Africa (Gold Coast), Congo. 



