SNAKES. 



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3. Ah^etulla liocercus. 



Seba, Thes. ii. t. 20. Coluber ahajtulla, Linn. Mus. Ad. Fried. 

 pi. 22. f. 3, and Syst. Nat. p. 38/. Natrix ahaetulla, Laur. Syn. 

 Rept.p.79. Boiga, Lacep. Quadr. Owip.ii.pl. 11. f. 1; Latreille, 

 Hist, des Rept.iv.p. 112; Shaw, Gen. Zool. hi. p. 550; Daud. 

 Rept. vii. pi. 84. Coluber richardii, Bory de St. Vincent, Ann. 

 de Sci. Nat. 1824, p. 408. Coluber liocercus, Wied, Beitr. 

 p. 265, and Abbildg. xiv. pi. 4. Leptophis ahaetulla, Bell, Zool. 

 Journ. ii. p. 328. Dendrophis liocercus, Boie, Isis, 1827, p- 544. 

 Ahastulla liocercus, Gray, Synops. Rept. 1830. Wagler, Syst. 

 Ampk. p. 183; Schlegel, Essai, pi. 9. f. 1, 2; Bum. Sf Bibr. vii. 

 p. 533. 



Keeled scales only on the back of the body; loreal shield 

 none. 



a, b. Adult : bad state. Demerara. Presented by Lieut. Friend. 



c, d. Adult : injured. Demerara. From Mr. Snellgrove's Col- 

 lection. 



e. Half-grown. Demerara. Presented by Lieut. Friend. 



/. Half-grown. Demerara. Presented by Dr. Hancock. 



g. Adult. Brazil. Presented by Lord Stuart. 



h. Many specimens. Berbice. 



i. Adult. Bahia. Presented by Mr. Ker. 



k. Adult. Tobago. Presented by Alfred Ludlam, Esq. 



I. Young : badly preserved. St. Lucia. Presented by the Zoo- 

 logical Society. 



to. Adult female. West Indies. Presented by Miss Saul. 



n. Adult. America. 



o. Adult. America. 



p. Adult. America. 



q. Adult. America. 



r. Adult. America. Presented by — Tennant, Esq. 



s. Adult : discoloured. America. 



t . Adult. America. Presented by Mrs. Mauger. 



u. Half-grown. America. 



v. Half- grown: dried. America. 



w. Adult. America. From the Haslar Collection. 



x. Adult: discoloured. America. From Mr. Bartlett's Col- 

 lection. 



y. Adult : bad state. America. Presented by the College of 

 Surgeons. 



z. Adult. America. Old Collection. 



a. Adult : bad state. Guayaquil. 



/3. Half-grown : injured. East Indies. Old Collection, from 

 Dr. Russell. 



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