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VENOMS 



G.—GEOGBAPHICAL DISTBIBUTION OF THE PBINCIPAL 

 GENE B A OF POISONOUS SNAKES IN THE FIVE DIVI- 

 SIONS OF THE WOBLD. 



(1) EVBOPE. 

 Families Sub-Families Gbneba 



CoLUBRlDJE DipsadomorphincB Cmlopeltis ... 



ViPERiD,E Viperince . 



Vipera 



Geogeaphical Area 

 Borders of the Mediterra- 

 nean in France and Spain ; 

 Italy (only in Liguria). 

 Prance, Italy, Switzerland, 

 Austria -Hungary, Ger- 

 many, Belgium, Sweden 

 and Norway, Gt. Britain, 

 Spain and Portugal, Bos- 

 nia and Herzegovina, 

 Southern Bussia, Turkey 

 and Greece. 



HydrophiirtcE 



COLUBRID^ 



Elapince 



(2) ASIA. 



I Hydrus 

 Thalassopliis 

 Acalyptophis 

 Hydrelaps . . 

 j Hydrophis .. 

 ■■'\ Distira 

 Enhydris 

 Enhydrina .. 

 Aipysurus . . 

 \ Platurus 



Bungarus . . 



Naja 



Hemibungarus 



Callophis 



Dohophis 



■■\ 



Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, 

 Bay of Bengal, Straits 

 /■ of Malacca, China Sea, 

 Philippines, and Malay 

 Archipelago. 



I India, Ceylon,Burma, Indo- 

 ..i China, Southern China, 



( Dutch Indies, Borneo. 



( India, Ceylon, Burma, Indo- 

 China, Dutch Indies, 



( Philippines. 



j South-eastern Asia, India, 

 "1 Japan, Philippines. 



( South-eastern Asia, India, 

 . . -1 Burma, Indo-China, For- 



( mosa. Southern China. 



j Indo-China, Malay Penin- 

 " \ sula. 



