SNAKES. 



103 



Very young. Brazil. Presented by Sir James 



e,/. In spirits. 

 Mc'Grigor. 

 Inspirits. Half grown. Brazil. 

 In spirits. Adult. Tropical America. 

 Stuffed. Adult. Tropical America. 

 tion. 

 j. Skeleton of i. 

 k. Stuffed. Adult. Tropical America. 



9- 

 h 



i. 



From Mr. Rich's collec- 



14. Chilabothrcs, Dum. Sr Bib. 



Crown scaly, with the two front thirds covered with shields : 

 two internasal, two frontonasal, two prefrontal, two supra-ocular, 

 one frontal, four parietal, one phrenal, two preocular and three or 

 four post-ocular shields: lip shields flat, not pitted: nostrils between 

 three plates, one internasal and two nasal : eyes lateral ; pupil ellip- 

 tical, erect: scales of the body smooth : subcaudal shield one-rowed. 

 Head shield like Liasis. 



Chilabothrus, Dum. ^ Bib. Erp. Gen. vi. 562, 1844. Cen- 

 chris, P. Browne^ Jam. ii. 461, 1754, not Daudin. 



Dr. Browne first noticed the spurs of this family : he says the 

 negroes eat this species, and use the fat as a resolutive. 



1. The Yellow Snake. Chilabothrus inornatus, Z)w?w. ^ Bib. 

 Erp. Gen. vi. 563. Boa inornata, Reinh. Beskriv. Slang. 1843, 21, 

 t. 1, /. 21, 23. Yellow Snake, Cenchris 1, P. Browne, Hist. Jam. 

 461. 



Head and front part of the body olive; temple with a narrow 

 black streak : back with small, scattered, black, oblique cross lines ; 

 hinder part of the body black, with olive spots. 



a. In spirits. Skin. West Indies, Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's 



collection. 



b. In fluid ; bad state. Jamaica. Presented by Robt. Hevvard, 



Esq. 



c. d. Stuffed. Adult, Jamaica. Presented by J. Gould, Esq. 



e. In spirits. Very young; perhaps bleached, much compressed. 

 Pale brown, with only two or three very small black spots and 

 no eye-streak. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



