A Manual of the Nílagiri District in the Madras Presidency
A Manual of the Nílagiri District in the Madras Presidency
Henry Bidewell Grigg
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Lower slopes, eastern side. Do. Do. CROTALID^. Trimeresurus Anemaleensis, ... Western Gunth. „ strigatus, Graij. Halys Elliotii, Jerd. Hypnale nepa, Lour. slopes and northern slopes, common. Kundas, very common. Coonoor slopes, described briefly by Dr. Jerdon, but never detect- ed since. Slopes, not uncommon. Of the venomous snakes only two, viz. , Trimeresurus strigatus and Callophis Malabaricus ascend to the plateau, and they appear to be confined to the western and northern sides of the Hill...s, never having been observed about Ootacamand or Coonoor, &c. MANUAL OF THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 175 Trimeresurus A'nemaleensis and Hypnale nepa are in the moist forests and in coffee estates on the slopes. OpJiio- jphagus elops (the hill cobra) and the four species of CallopJds are very rare. Naja tripudians (the cobra), Bungarus coeruleus (the carpet snake), and Daboia elegans (the cobra monil or chain viper) are common only about the foot ; the little Echis is very common in dry rocky ground, but not up to any elevation.
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