MORPHOLOGY OF VENOMOUS SNAKES 25 



Elaps buckleyi. 



Orange color with yellow spots; head black; temple yellow. Length about 1.6 

 feet. North Brazil and East Ecuador. 



Elaps anomalus. 



Fifty-five black rings separated by narrow yellow bands; belly reddish; tail yel- 

 low or red with four black rings. Length about a foot. Colombia. 

 Elaps heterozonus. 



Red or brown color with 17 to 25 black rings which are narrower than inter- 

 mediary spaces; the black band on the head transverses the eyes. Length about 

 3.6 feet. Eastern Ecuador; eastern Peru; Bolivia. 

 Elaps elegans. 



The black rings of the tricolor series are separated by yellow spaces; 12 to 17 

 series; head black with yellow spots. Length about 2.5 feet. Mexico and Guate- 

 mala. 

 Elaps annellatus. 



Black color with 41 to 49 white rings on body, including 4 to 7 on tail; white 

 ring on head. Length about 1.6 feet. Eastern Peru. 



Elaps decoratus. 



Fifteen to 16 series of the three black rings on red; the head yellow with black 

 crossband over eyes. Length about 2 feet. Brazil. 



Elaps dumerilii. 



Eight to 9 series of black rings on red and yellow; head black with one yellow 

 crossband over occiput. 



Elaps corallinus. 



The "serpent corail." The black band is separated by a red space with yellow 

 edge; head bluish-black, and a blue line from rear of eye to lower jaw; tail 

 white. Length about 2.6 feet. Tropical South America; St. Thomas, St. Vincent, 

 Martinique. 



Elaps hemprichii. 



Black with red and yellow rings, a large ring between two narrow ones; occiput, 

 upper lip, and temple yellow. Length about 2.5 feet. Guiana, Colombia, and Peru. 



Elaps tschudii. 



Black rings with larger spaces in series; the interspaces red and yellow; muzzle 

 black. Length about 1.5 feet. Peru. 



Elaps dissoleucus. 



Same coloration. Length 3.25 feet. Venezuela. 

 Elaps psyches. 



Alternative rings of black and brown with 48 to 52 narrow yellow rings; head 

 black with yellow spots. Length about 1.6 feet. Guiana. 



Elaps spixii. 



Twenty to 38 black rings of the tricolor series; an occipital collar of black is 

 followed by a spacious red band. Length about 5 feet. Venezuela, North Brazil. 



Elaps frontalis. 



Coloration regular; red, yellow, black series; head spotted yellow on black. 

 Length about 5 feet. Central Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentine Republic. 

 Elaps lemniscatus. 



Eleven to 14 series of black on red and yellow ground; head yellow, nose black; a 

 white band on middle of head crosses the eyes. Length 3.5 feet. Guiana and Brazil. 



