. 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. /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-. Fl i.
. 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. /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-. Fl i. 27.—Laohesis macrolepis (nat. size) ing from 2,000 to 7,000 feet. Poison.—Jerdon* knew several cases of bite from this species, but none proved fatal. The Rev. F. Castets has informed me that he once caused a fresh adult to bite a jackal, but the jackal did not seem to mind, and suffered no ill-effects. Dimensions.—Grows to 2 feet. Colour.—Uniform bright foliage-green above, lighter beneath. A well-defined white or yellow line runs down the flanks. Some- times a blackish supercilium ; blackish marks along the spine, and blackish rings round the tail, but these rapidly fade in spirit. Rarely specimens are met with uniform olive-brown in colour. * Journal, Ask.'.;c £oc , Be-i^'ai, Vol- ::::il, p. .",2i. 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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