24 L. G. ANDERSSON, CATAL. OF LINNEAN TYPE-SPECIMENS OF SNAKES. 
Coluber hippocrepis. 
Described by Linnaus in Mus. Ad. Frid. I, p. 36, tab. 16, fig. 2, 
Syst. Nat. Ed. X, p. 226, Ed. XII, p. 388. 
Syn. in BouL. Cat. Sn. I, p. 409, Zamenis hippocrepis (L.) GÖNTHER. 
(For other synonyms see BouL. loc. cit.) 
One specimen from Mus. Drottn.: it is a true Z. lMppo- 
crepis. 
Total length 340 mm. Tail 70 mm. . Sq. 27. V. 232. 0.095. 
Coluber Minerva. 
Described by LIinnN=aus in Mus. Ad. Frid. I, p. 36, Syst. Nat. Ed. X, 
Pp Ie20 ER: AI, PJ00. 
LINNAEvS'S description of this species is too defective, 
especially as a figure is wanting, for which reason it could 
not be identified by the authors. The two specimens from 
Mus. Drottn. which are preserved in the Royal Museum, and 
which were probably LINN2US'S type-specimens are Aporophis 
lineatus (L.) CorE. ZLINN&vs's description of Coluber minérve 
agrees completely with these specimens, excepting as to the 
ventral and caudal shields, the number of which differs very 
much from what LIinnavs stated. He says that Coluber 
Minerv&e has 238 ventrals and 90 caudals, wheras in these 
the shields are 167 + 83 and 163 + 76. One can scarcely 
suppose that LINNZUS made such a great mistake, but it is 
possible that he or some transcriber confounded the number 
of the shields in this snake with that in some other, as both 
specimens are marked with Linnean labels, and we find in 
the catalogue of 1802 that there should be two specimens of 
Col. Minerv&e from Mus. Drottn. The Linnean type Coluber 
Minerve may therefore perhaps be declared to be a synonym 
to his Coluber (Aporophis) lineatus. 
Total length 550 mm. Tail 150 mm. Sq. 19. V. 163. 0. 76. 
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Coluber secaber. 
Described by Linnavus in Mus. Ad. Frid. I, p. 36, tab. 10, fig. 1. 
From Mus. Drottn. there is a snake, labeled Coluber 
scaber. It is evidently not LINNAUS'S type of this snake, 
it is a Tropidonotus natriz (L.). Probably, the labels have 
been changed. 
