﻿viii THE SNAKES OF EUROPE 



Second Family: BOIDiE 



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Genus ERYX, Daudin - - - - -147 



2. Eryx jaculus, Linnaeus— The Javelin Sand-Boa - 147 



Third Family: COLUBRID^ 

 Genus TROPIDONOTUS, Kuhl - - - 152 



3. TROPIDONOTUS NATRix, Linnaeus— The Grass- 



Snake, or Ring-Snake - - - - 152 



4. TROPIDONOTUS tessellatus, Laurenti — The 



Tessellated Water-Snake - - - - 160 



5. TROPIDONOTUS viperinus, Latreille— The Vi- 



perine Water-Snake .... 165 



Genus ZAMENIS, Wagler - - - - 170 



6. Zamenis gemonensis, Laurenti — The European 



Whip-Snake - - - - - 170 



7. Zamenis dahlii, Fitzinger — Dahl's Whip-Snake - 177 



8. Zamenis hippocrepis, Linnaeus— The Horseshoe 



Whip-Snake - - - ■ - i79 



Genus COLUBER, Linn^us - - - - 181 



9. Coluber quatuorlineatus, Lacepede— Aldro- 



vandi's Snake - - - - - 182 



10. Coluber dione, Pallas — The Dione Snake - 185 



11. Coluber longissimus, Laurenti — The ^scula- 



pian Snake- .... 187 



12. Coluber leopardinus, Bonaparte — The Leop- 



ard Snake ------ 191 



13. Coluber scalaris, Schinz— The Ladder Snake - 194 



Genus CORONELLA, Laurenti - - - 196 



14. CoRONELLA AUSTRIACA, Laurenti — The Smooth 



Snake ...... 197 



15. CORONELLA GIRONDICA, Daudin— The Southern 



Smooth Snake . . . - . 202 



