Bengal, vol. xxxix, 1870, pp. 142 and 226; Blanfd., Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, 1870, p. 874;
Anders., Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xl, 1871, p. 37; Fayrer, Thanatoph., 1872,-pi. x i;
Ferguson, Kept. Fauna, Ceylon, 1877, p. 25.
jEchidna russellii, Steind., Beise Novara, 1867, p. 88.
Daboia elegans, Theob., Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. £, 1868, p. 64 ; Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxvii,
1868, p. 77.
Viper a russellii, Straucb., Mem. St. Petersbourg, vol. xiv, 3870, p. 85.
I captured one example of this species at Pagan in Upper Burma, but quite
young, measuring only 25 inches. The yentrals are 164, and the sub-caudals 45, and
there are 29 rows of scales.
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