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CANINE BOA. 



Boa Canina. J5. viridis, fasciis dorsdibus tranrcersis undulatis 



albis. 



Green Boa, with transverse, undulated, white dorsal bands. 

 Boa Canina. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 373. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 39- 1. 3. 

 Scrpens Eojobi Brasilicnsis, &c. Scb. 2. t. 96. and var. Serpens 



Bojobi Coilanica. t. 81. 

 Abdominal scuta 203, subcaudal 77 > 



A HIGHLY beautiful snake; measuring about 

 four feet in length, and being of moderate size or 

 thickness in proportion : the head is large, and 

 shaped like that of a dog : the colour of the whole 

 animal on the upper parts is a most beautiful 

 saxon-green, with several short, undulating, trans- 

 verse white bars down the back, the edges of 

 which are of a deeper or stronger green than the 

 ground-colour of the body : the under or abdominal 

 part is white. This species is a native of South 

 America. In the British Museum is an elegant 

 specimen. 



VAR. ? 



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SEE A describes and figures a remarkable variety 

 of this animal, in which the ground-colour is 

 bright orange, the dorsal bands pale yellow edged 

 with red, and the abdomen pale yellow. It is a 

 native of the East Indies, differing merely in co- 

 lour from the former. 



