Venoms; venomous animals and antivenomous serum-therapeutics . nmnerous, andbelong exclusively to the subfamily Crotalin^<: ; there are no VlPEEIN^. I.— (a) Elaps. (Fig. 65.) The characters of this genus are : Maxillary bones very short,extending beyond the palatines, and bearing a pair of large poison-. FiG. 65.—Skull of Elaps marcgravii. (After G. A. Boulenger, oj). cit.) fangs; pterygoid teeth few or absent ; mandibular teeth all ofequal length. Xo postfrontal bones ; prsefrontals meeting, ornarrowly separated on the median line. Head small, not distinct 102 VENOMS from neck ;
Venoms; venomous animals and antivenomous serum-therapeutics . nmnerous, andbelong exclusively to the subfamily Crotalin^<: ; there are no VlPEEIN^. I.— (a) Elaps. (Fig. 65.) The characters of this genus are : Maxillary bones very short,extending beyond the palatines, and bearing a pair of large poison-. FiG. 65.—Skull of Elaps marcgravii. (After G. A. Boulenger, oj). cit.) fangs; pterygoid teeth few or absent ; mandibular teeth all ofequal length. Xo postfrontal bones ; prsefrontals meeting, ornarrowly separated on the median line. Head small, not distinct 102 VENOMS from neck ; eyes small, with vertically elliptic or sub-ellipticpupils; nostril between two nasal shields. Bod} cylindrical; scalessmooth, in 15 rows. Tail short; subcaudal scales in 2 rows, orpartly single, partl}^ in 2 rows. (1) E. f^urinamensis.—Seven supralabials, of which the fourthenters the eye ; frontal shield very narrow; 1(57—182 ventrals. Colour red, with black annuli disposed in threes (the middle onebroader), separated by narrow yellow interspaces; 7 or 8 sets ofannuli on the body ; the red scales dotted with black ; head redabove, with the shields black-edged, followed l)y a black cross-bandbehind the parietals. Total length, 740 millimetres; tail 95. Grows to 1,900 milli-metres. Habitat: Venezuela, G
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