438 OCELLATED SNAKE. 



rhomboid spots are most regular in the smaller 

 specimens, in the larger becoming somewhat more 

 broken. in the outline and more approaching to an 

 ovate form : native of India and South America : 

 in the number of its abdominal and subcaudal 

 scales it occasionally varies considerably. 



OCELLATED SNAKE. 



Coluber Occllatus. C. castaneus, maculis ocdlatis fusds abdo- 

 minejlavo. 



Chesnut-coloured Snake, with occllated brown spots, and yel- 

 low abdomen. 



Serpens Guineensis rarissima Argus dicta. Seb. 2. t. 23. f. 1. 



SIZE and general proportions of the Viper : co- 

 lour pale chesnut, beautifully marked with five 

 alternating rows of round ocellated spots, those 

 of the middle range being the largest and of a 

 blackish brown, the lateral ones of a paler or 

 more rufous brown : abdomen yellow, with small 

 scattered rufous spots : head covered with small 

 scales : tail tapering to a moderately slender tip : 

 native, according to Seba, of Guinea, and a rare 

 species. 



