Venoms; venomous animals and antivenomous serum-therapeutics . ke fangs. Head hardly distinct from theneck ; eyes small, with vertically elliptic pupils. Body cylindrical;scales smooth, in 15—17 rows. Tail moderate or short ; sub-caudal scales in 2 rows. (1) P. inueUeri.—Scales in 15 rows. Nasal shield divided, incontact with the praeocular ; 2 -|- 2 temporals ; 189—17(5 ventralscales ; 21—H5 subcaudals. Colour brown, with a light vertebral line ; a more or less distinctdark, light-edged streak on each side of the head, passing throughthe eye ; belly yellowish or coral-red, uniform or spotted
Venoms; venomous animals and antivenomous serum-therapeutics . ke fangs. Head hardly distinct from theneck ; eyes small, with vertically elliptic pupils. Body cylindrical;scales smooth, in 15—17 rows. Tail moderate or short ; sub-caudal scales in 2 rows. (1) P. inueUeri.—Scales in 15 rows. Nasal shield divided, incontact with the praeocular ; 2 -|- 2 temporals ; 189—17(5 ventralscales ; 21—H5 subcaudals. Colour brown, with a light vertebral line ; a more or less distinctdark, light-edged streak on each side of the head, passing throughthe eye ; belly yellowish or coral-red, uniform or spotted withblack. Total length, 500 millimetres ; tail 70. Habitat: Moluccas, New Guinea, New Britain. (2) P. sqnainnJoiius.—Scales in 15 rows. Nasal shield divided,in contact with the prseocular ; 1 -f 2 temporals ; 170—183 ventrals ;34—52 subcaudals. Colour brown, with a yellowish streak round the snout andthrough the eyes to the nape ; belly whitish, with confluent blackspots forming lines on each side. THE rhIXCIlAL SPKCIKS OF IOISOXOUS SXAKKS S.). Fig. 44.—Pseudelaps hrefftii.
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