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deaths than any other kind, except the Cobra; this is the 
Gedi Paragoodoo of Russell. It is also called Dhomun 
Chiti, in Bengal, &e. : 
Pseudoboa ccerulea, Schneider. 
Boa Krait, Williams. 
“lineata, Shaw. 
Bung. ceruleus, Dand. 
“ lividus, Cantor. 
“ eandidus, Cantor. 
“ ~areuatus, Dum. and Bib. 
“ — lineatus, Giinther. 
Giinther describes three varieties, viz. : 
First Variety—Upper part of a uniform blackish-brown 
(B. lividus ; Cantor). In young specimens the head is white, 
with a black line between the oceipitals. 
Second Variety.—A. vertebral series of equidistant small 
white spots, from which narrow transverse streaks proceed ; 
upper parts with narrow white streaks in pairs (B. arcuatus). 
The color of the dark parts varies from a steel-blue black to 
a chocolate brown; tongue white; iris black. A common 
species found in the whole of India. Fangs not so long as 
the Cobras, and its poison is less deadly; its length varies 
from 29’ to 47’. The Krait may be mistaken for the Ly- 
codon Aulicus, an innocuous snake of similar appearance, 
but the former is always darker than the latter, and this 
lacks fangs. 
N. Elaps Bung. fase.—This is the Bungarum Pamah of 
Russell, or the Sankni or Rajsamp of some, also Koclia 
Krait. 
Bung. annularis, Schleg., Daud. 
“fasciatus, Cantor. 
Pseudoboa fasciata, Schneider. 
