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use " among scientific ophiologists : and the one, therefore, by 

 which it will ultimately appear in scientific works. It is 

 "smooth" certainly, in comparison with the viper, and in not 

 having carinated scales, but many other snakes are equally so ; 

 and as it was first described by Laurenti, the specific austriaca, 

 given by him, will probably remain as its permanent name. 



