ROID.fi. 





Aboma. It i one of the largest of the family, and sometime* attains 

 a gigantic aixe. It is of a yellowish colour, with a row of large 

 brown ring* miming the whole length of the back, and variable spota 



Natal Itook-Snakc (llurtulia ffalnlrniii) 



Hod of Jluriuiiu .\atalentit. 



on the Ride*. The*e are generally dark, often containing a 

 semi-lunar mark. Thin specie*, according to Seba, who describes it as 

 Mexican, in the Temacuilcahuillia (or Tamacuilla Huilia, as Seba 

 write* the word) described by Hernandez. This Rpecie* Imunto the 

 tnarnhy place* of the warm parti of South America ; there, adhering 

 by the tail to Home aquatic tree, they differ the anterior part of the 

 body to float upon the water, and patiently wait to seize upon the 

 quadruped* which come to drink. 



K. maunu, the Brown Aboma of Gray, is of a brown colour, and in 

 a native of Venezuela 



7. Xiphotoma. Forehead and crown scaly ; muzzle with regular 

 nhields ; labial plates abort and all pitted. There U but one species 



Aboma (Epicrata Ctncliria). 

 of this genus, X. caninum (Boa canina, Linmcus, X, A raramloya 



Croon Boa (Xipluiioma raninvm). 



Head of Xiphotoma caninum. 



Spix), the Bojobi, or Green Boa. It i a native of America. It is 

 greenish, with white irregular longUh spots somewhat annularly 



