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TEXTILE SNAKE. 



Coluber Textilis. C. grisco-jlai'escens, nigro irroratus,fascw nu~ 

 vierosis undulatis rubro-ferrugineis transrersis. 



Yellowish-grey Snake, freckled with black, and marked by nu- 

 merous, undulated, transverse, bright-ferruginous stripes. 



Serpens Brasiliensis textilis. Seb. 2. t. 67. f. 3. 



Serpens Surinamensis elegans. Seb. 2. t. 31. f. 1. 



Serpens Ammodytes Americana flammifera. Seb. 2. t. 31. f. 2. 



A RATHER large and very elegant species, re- 

 presented on some of Seba's plates, but not refer- 

 rible to any Linnaean species : general habit that 

 of the Natrix: ground colour yellowish grey, 

 with numerous, pretty closely-placed, transverse, 

 irregularly angular bands of bright ferruginous 

 or dusky red, scattered over, as is also the ground- 

 colour, with numerous black specks of different 

 sizes: head rufous, covered with large scales: 

 under parts throughout the whole length pale 

 yellow : tail very slender and sharp-pointed : na- 

 tive of Brasil, Surinam, and other parts of South 

 America. 



