Venoms; venomous animals and antivenomous serum-therapeutics . Fig. 83. —Skull op Platiirus oluhrinus.(After G. A. Boulenger, op. cit.) Total length, 1,300 millimetres ; tail 190. Habitat : From the Persian Gulf along the coasts of India andBurma, to the Malay Archipelago and Papuasia. 140 VENOMS. Pig. 84.—Platurus laticaudatus (syn. P. fisckeri).(After Sir Joseph Fayrer.) (9) Aipysurus. Maxillanes a little longerthan the ectopterygoids;poison-fangs moderate, fol-lowed, after a short interval,by 8—10 grooved teeth ;anterior mandibular teethfeebly grooved. Snout short ; head shields large,or br
Venoms; venomous animals and antivenomous serum-therapeutics . Fig. 83. —Skull op Platiirus oluhrinus.(After G. A. Boulenger, op. cit.) Total length, 1,300 millimetres ; tail 190. Habitat : From the Persian Gulf along the coasts of India andBurma, to the Malay Archipelago and Papuasia. 140 VENOMS. Pig. 84.—Platurus laticaudatus (syn. P. fisckeri).(After Sir Joseph Fayrer.) (9) Aipysurus. Maxillanes a little longerthan the ectopterygoids;poison-fangs moderate, fol-lowed, after a short interval,by 8—10 grooved teeth ;anterior mandibular teethfeebly grooved. Snout short ; head shields large,or broken up into moderate ; scales im-bricate ; ventrals large,keeled in the middle. A. australis.—Brown, orcream-colour, with brownspots forming more or lessdistinct cross-bars. Total length, 930 milli-metres ; tail 110. Habitat: Coasts of NewGuinea and Australia. Other species of Aipy-surus {A. eydouxii, annu-latiis, and IcBms) are foundon the coasts of Singapore,Java, Celebes, and thePhilippine and LoyaltyIslands. (10) Platurus. (Figs. 83, 84.) Two large poison-fangs, and only one or two small solid teethnear the posterior extremity of the maxillary. Head shields large ; THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF POISONOUS SNAKES 141 nostrils lateral, the nasal shields separated by the inte
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