446 



SPOTTED SNAKE. 



Coluber Maculatus. C. cccrukscens, nigro tnaculatus, subtus al~ 



bidus, scufis margine maculis dinridiatis nigris. 

 Blueish Snake, r spotted with black, \vhitish beneath, with the 



scuta marked on the edge with dimidiated black spots. 



GENERAL habit of C. Natrix, but not so long 

 in proportion : colour glaucous or pale blueish, 

 marked on the upper parts with numerous, round- 

 ish, black spots : sides of the scuta with dimidiated 

 spots of the same colour. It seems much allied 

 to the figure in Seba above referred to, but differs 

 in colour; Seba's specimen being yellow instead 

 of blue: described from a specimen in the British 

 Museum. 



RINGED SNAKE. 



Coluber Natrix. C. olmacco-fuscus (interdum c&rulesccns) 

 macula coUari iitriuque nigra, alteraque jlcti'a, latcribus nigro 

 macula t'u>, abdoinin e / 'us co. 



Olive-brown (or blueish) Snake, with a black patch accom? 

 panied by a yellow one on each side the neck, a row of nar- 

 row black spots down each side, and dusky abdomen. 



Coluber Natrix. Liu. Syst. Xat. p. 380. 



Natrix torquata. Raj. Quadr. 334-. 



The Common Snake. Ringed Snake. Brit. Zool. 3. p. ."> 1 . 



Abdominal scuta 170; subcaudal scales 60. 



Tins species appears to be pretty generally 

 diffused through all parts of Europe, and is com- 

 mon in our own island, frequenting woods, moist 



