102 OPHIDIANS 
TABLE OF THE DIFFERENT SNAKES FOUND IN THE 
UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA, 
Noted under the Names by which they are commonly known.* 
STATE OF ANTIOQUIA. 
Taya-équis (nobis). ( Of these two varie- 
Birri, x 1 ties, the second is 
possibly the most deadly. 
Torcora], or Corcoré. A semi-ophidian, 
half snake and half lizard, having a 
crest upon its dorsum, and four short 
legs like the Guatéca. 
Equis (four or five varieties), (nobis). 
Cascabel (Crot. fasciatus), (nobis). 
Candelilla (nobis). 
Venomous. + Vibora “ sundry varieties. 
~ | Coral 3 
Lomo de machete (nobis). 
Ciega, Tatacéa (amphisb. verm.), (nobis). 
Rabo-ajf (mapana), (nobis). 
Arara. 
Voladova. 
Yerga. 
Taya (nobis). 
Yaruma (this is probably the “ Birr. ” See 
page 103). 
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* Many of these names are taken from the geography of the United 
States of Colombia. Bogota, 1862, 2 vols. 
