104 VENOMS 



Total length, 490 millimetres ; tail 70. 

 Habitat ; Eastern Peru. 



(11) E. decoratus. — Scales in 15 rows ; 196 — 213 ventrals : 29 — 37 

 subcaudals. 



Colour red, with 15 — 16 sets of black annuli disposed in threes ; 

 head yellow, with end of snout black, and a black band across the 

 eyes. 



Total length, 625 milHmetres. 



Habitat : Brazil. 



(12) E.dumerilii. — Scales in 15 rows; 197 — 204 ventrals; 50 — 53 

 subcaudals. 



Colour : 8 — 9 sets of three black annuli on red and yellow ; 

 head black, with a yellow band on the occiput. 

 Total length, 410 millimetres ; tail 65. 

 Habitat : Colombia. 



(13) E. corallinus (The Coral Snake). — Scales in 15 rows ; 

 179 — 231 ventrals; 30 — 47 subcaudals; 1 + 1 temporals. 



Colour : Body with black annuli, separated by red interspaces 

 edged with yellow ; head bluish-black ; temples yellow ; a blue line 

 from behind the eye to the lower jaw ; tail white. 



Total length, 790 millimetres ; tail 70. 



Habitat : Tropical South America and Lesser Antilles (St. 

 Thomas, St. Vincent, Martinique). 



(14) E. hemprichii. — Scales in 15 rows ; 168 — 181 ventrals ; 

 22 — 29 subcaudals ; 1 + 1 temporals. 



Colour: Black, with red or yellow annuli, a broad annulus 

 between the narrow ones ; occiput, upper lip, and temples yellow. 

 Total length, 720 millimetres; tail 65. 

 Habitat: Guianas, Colombia, Peru. 



(15) E. tschudii. — Scales in 15 rows ; 207 — 221 ventrals; 21—28 

 subcaudals. 



Colour : Body with black annuli broader than the interspaces, 

 disposed in sets ; interspaces red and yellow ; snout and occiput 

 black. 



