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ASIA.— (conti.) 

 Families Sub-Families Geneka 



/ Viperince ... 



ViPBRIDjE / 



Crolalinm 



Vipera 



' 1 Pseudocerastes 

 Cerastes 



'Echis 



Avcistrodov . 



\ Lacliesis 



Geogkaphical Abea 



Turkestan, Ural, Siberia, 

 Caucasus, Persia, Ar- 

 \ menia. Western China, 

 India, Ceylon, Hima- 



Persia. 



Arabia, Palestine. 

 I Persia, Arabia, India, Balu- 

 (^ ohistan, Afghanistan. 

 / Transoaspia, Turkestan, 

 I Himalayas, Southern 

 China, Formosa, Japan, 

 Ceylon, Java. 

 South-eastern Asia, India, 

 Southern China, Indo- 

 China, Formosa, Suma- 

 tra. 



(3) AFBICA. 



CoLUBRiDffi Elapince ... 



Boulengerina 

 Elapechis 



Naja 



Sepedon 



Aspidelaps . . . 

 Walterinnesia 

 Homorelaps . . . 



Dendrasxjis ... 



Central Africa. 



Central and South Africa. 

 [Egypt, Central and West 

 < Africa, Morocco, Congo, 

 ( Angola. 



j South Africa, Cape of Good 

 I Hope. 



j South and South-east Af- 

 I rica, Mozambique. 



Egypt. 

 J South Africa, Cape of Good 

 I Hope. 



I Central and South Africa, 

 \ Angola, Great Lakes, 

 ( Congo, Transvaal. 



