. 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. THE POISONOUS SNAKES OP INDIA. 45 Poison.—Nothing known. Dimensions.—About a foot or a little over. Colour.—Brown of varying shades and mottlings. A series of ovate dark costal spots are always more or less in evidence. Verj- like hypnale in general appearance. LACHESIS MACROLEPIS-The Large-scaled Viper. /fif One very distinctive feature makes the recognition of this snake a very simple matter. The sca
. 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. THE POISONOUS SNAKES OP INDIA. 45 Poison.—Nothing known. Dimensions.—About a foot or a little over. Colour.—Brown of varying shades and mottlings. A series of ovate dark costal spots are always more or less in evidence. Verj- like hypnale in general appearance. LACHESIS MACROLEPIS-The Large-scaled Viper. /fif One very distinctive feature makes the recognition of this snake a very simple matter. The scales of the last row along the body are smaller than any of the other rows. In all other British Indian snakes the scales in this row are subequal to, or much larger than, those lying above. Distribution.—Confined to the Pulney, Shevaroy, and Anamallay Hills of Southern India, where it is plentiful at altitudes vary-. 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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