. The poisonous terrestrial snakes of our British Indian dominions, including Ceylon, and how to recognize them; with symptoms of snake poisoning and treatment. Snakes; Snakes. his presence. The bitten hand swelled up at once, but by evening had much reduced, and the following day the swelling had almost entirely disappeared. JDimensions.—Grows to 2 J feet. Colour.—Foliage-green, uniform, or with black blotchings. A black streak behind the eye. Belly uniform greenish or yellowish. LACHESIS ANAMALLENSIS—The Anamailay Viper. —Supraocular divided, and co-existing with this, a subo
. The poisonous terrestrial snakes of our British Indian dominions, including Ceylon, and how to recognize them; with symptoms of snake poisoning and treatment. Snakes; Snakes. his presence. The bitten hand swelled up at once, but by evening had much reduced, and the following day the swelling had almost entirely disappeared. JDimensions.—Grows to 2 J feet. Colour.—Foliage-green, uniform, or with black blotchings. A black streak behind the eye. Belly uniform greenish or yellowish. LACHESIS ANAMALLENSIS—The Anamailay Viper. —Supraocular divided, and co-existing with this, a subocular not touch- ing the 3rd labial. Supplementary char- acters. —Internasals. — A pair separated by a small scale. Siipraocular divided. Kasal not vinited with 1st labial; small scales may or may not be intercalated between it and the 2nd labial. Suho cular. — Not touching the 3rd la- bial. 2nd labial, with a furrow in its upper part directed into the Fig. 36.—Lachesis anamallensis (nat. size), loreal pit. Scales.—Anterior, 21; midbody, usually 21 (rarely 19) ; posterior, 16 or 17. Distribution.—Confined to the Western G-hats and hilly regions south of the Krishna Eiver, where it is quite common, at altitudes ranging between 2,000 to 7,000 feet.* Poison.—Rarely, if ever, fatal as far as we know (see Part II, page 123). Jerdon has known several cases of bite, but none proved fatal. —Grows to Si * The specimen from Cuttaek (No. 4122 in the Indian Museum, Sclater. J. A. S- Bengal, Vol. LX) is in my opinion L. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wall, Frank, 1868-. Bombay, Bombay Natural History Society
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