(The Carawalla of Ceylon.)
(After Sir Joseph Fayrer.)
Coloration brown, with black spots or transverse bands; black, light-edged band from the eye to the angle of the mouth; belly dark brown, or more or less whitish.
Total length, 590 millimetres; tail 90.
Habitat: Himalayas (5,000 to 10,000 feet), especially in the North-west; Khasi Hills.
This snake feeds chiefly on mice.
A. rhodostoma.—Snout pointed, somewhat turned up at the tip: 7-9 supralabial shields; body scales in 21 rows; 138-157 ventrals; 34-54 subcaudal pairs.
Coloration reddish, grey, or pale brown above, with large angular, dark brown, black-edged spots arranged in pairs or alternating. Vertebral line almost black; lips yellow, speckled with brown; brown, black-edged band, running from the eye to the angle of the mouth. Belly yellowish, spotted with greyish-brown.
Total length, 810 millimetres; tail 90.
Habitat: Java.