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LARGE-SCALED SN'AKE. 



Coluber Macrolepi. lotus. C. plumbcus, squamis dorsalibus maxi- 

 mis clongatis, abdominc albidofusco transversimfasciato. 



Load-coloured Snake, with extremely large elongated dorsal 

 scales, and whitish abdomen, with broad transverse bands. 



DESCRIBED from a specimen in the Museum of 

 Dr. William Hunter : general habit that of the pul- 

 latus : size of a large Natrlv : head covered with 

 large scales : remainder of the upper parts with 

 extremely large long scales, exceeding in propor- 

 tional size those of any other known serpent ; those 

 near the ridge of the back, in particular, measure 

 three quarters of an inch in length ; their disposi- 

 tion is obliquely backwards : colour on the upper 

 parts blueish, the black skin of the body appearing, 

 as it were, to edge the scales with that colour : 

 under parts blueish white, with extremely broad, 

 brown, transverse bands at intervals, so that the 

 abdomen may be described either as brown with 

 white bands, or r/cc versa : tail of moderate 

 length, taper, round, and covered with hexagonal 

 scales: native place unknown. 



