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aequalihus, parvis, rhomboideis , lanceatis, seriehus 27: cauda sex- 

 tantali ('/,) — Scut. abd. 208-220. — Scutell. subc. p. 54-64. 



Adult. Fulvus, linea utrinque fusca ; subtus flavescens : pileo 



concolore. 

 Iuniov. Cinei-eo-virens nondum bilineatus; pileo bicolore ; 



dorsi maculis nigris amplis bina minorum serie vallatis ; 



lateribus irregulariter nigro-maculatis : subtus chalybaeus, 



albido variegatus. 



Coluber scalai*is , Schinz. mlolesc. — Coluber dovsalis , Mus. 

 Paris. — Colubev bitaeniatus , Dumer. — Coluber Meiffi-eni , 

 Oppel. — Coluber boaeformis, Hempr. hm. — Coluber Her- 

 manni, Faun. Fr. fig. iun. — Coiuber laevis , var. Duges. — 

 Natrix scalaris , Wagl. — Elaphe scalavis , Fitz. — Simus 

 Danmanni, Agass. — Rhinechis Agassizi , Micbab. in Wagl. 

 Ic. tab. XXV mas ad. — Coluber Agassizi, Duges , Gerv. — 

 Xenodon Michahellesii , Scblegel. 



Habitat in Hispania , in Gallia meridionali , ct in Africa scptentiionali. 



Genus 39. Elaphis. 



52. Elaphis quadrilineatus , Nob. (Faun. ital.J Capite ovalo-obtuso: 

 scutello verticali brevi, postice parum angustato : vitta postoculari 

 nigra : cauda quadrantali ('/<,) — Sc. abdom. 206-224. — Scutell. 

 subc. par. 68-80. 



Adult. Olivaceo-corneus, lineis utrinque duabus fuscis; subtus 



flavidus : pileo concolore. 

 Iuv. Albo-cinereus obsolete quadinlineatus ; pilco nigro ; dorsi 



maculis nigris rhombeis, triserialibus j lateribus irregula- 



riter nigro-maculatis ; subtus nigro-cbalybaeus, castaneo 



albidoque varius. 

 Adolescens. Castaneo-rufescens ; maculis nigrescentibus trise- 



rialibus obsoletis; lineis quatuor evidentioribus : subtus al- 



bido chalybaeoque marmoratus. 



Coluber elaphis, Shaw. Cuv. Merr. Boie. Metax. Risso. — Coluber 

 quatuov-lineatus , Lacep. fig. Bonnat. fig. — Colubev qualev- 



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