66 COLUBERGETULUS. 



General Remarks. The history of this serpent is plain enough; it was first 

 described by Catesby under the name Chain Snake, and accompanied Avith a 

 drawing, not very good to be sure, but sufficiently accurate to make it certain 

 that it refers to the animal now under consideration. It next appears in the 

 twelfth edition of the Systema Naturae as the Coluber getulus, with a single 

 reference to Catesby, and this name it has ever since borne. 



