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COLUBER GUTTATUS.— L<«H^Ms. 



Plate XIV. 



Characters. Head moderate, narrow, elongated; snout obtuse; colour above 

 reddish-brown, marked with oblong transverse spots of brick-dust colour, with 

 darker borders; abdomen white, marked with alternate quadrilateral black spots. 

 PI. 126. Sc. 64. 



Synonymes. Coluber guttatus, Linnxus, Syst. Nat., vol. i. p. 385. 

 Corn-snake, Catesby, Carolina, vol. ii. p. 55, pi. Iv. 

 Coluber guttatus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Lin., toni. i. p. 1110. 

 La mouchetee, Laceplde., Hist. Nat. des Serp., torn. ii. p. 282. 

 La tachetee, Laccpide, Hist. Nat. des Serp., torn. ii. p. 329. 

 Coluber molussus, Daudin, Hist. Nat. des Rept., torn. vi. p. 269. 

 Coluber guttatus, Daudin, Hist. Nat. des Rept., torn. vi. p. 261. 

 Coluber maculatus, Daudin, Hist. Nat. des. Rept., torn. vii. p. 217. 

 La couleuvre cannelee, Lutreille, Hist. Nat. des Rept., torn. iv. p. 110. 

 Coluber Carolinianus, Shaiv, Gen. Zool., vol. iii. p. 460. 

 Coluber pantberinus, Mcrrem, Beytrag. ii. s. 49, tab. xxi. 

 Natrix pantberinus, Merrem, Versuch eines Syst. der Amphib., p. 102. 

 Coluber guttatus, Harlan, Med. and Pbys. Res., p. 126. 

 Coluber floridanus, Harlan, Med. and Pbys. Res., p. 124. 

 Coluber maculatus, Harlan, Med. and Ph3's. Res., p. 125. 

 Coluber molossus, Harlan, Med. and Pby.s. Res., p. 126. 

 Corn-snake, Vulgo. 



Description. The head is narrow and elongated, the snout obtuse. The 

 vertical plate is pentagonal, with its largest border forwards, and an acute angle 

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