472 LUTRIX SNAKE. 



of the second volume of iSeba, under the name of 

 Flosculus, are of this kind ; the colour being- pale 

 blue, with a slight tinge of violet down the back, 

 and the abdomen white. This beautiful snake is 

 a native of Surinam, and is a harmless species. 



LUTUIX SNAKE. 



Coluber Lutrix. C. plumbeus, dorso aurantio, abdominefaio. 

 Lead-coloured Snake, with orange-coloured back and yellow 



abdomen. 



Coluber Lutrix. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 275. 

 Serpens rximia Africana crocea, fronte albo. Seb. 2. t. S6.f. 5. 

 Duberria. Seb. 2. t. I./. 6? 

 Abdominal scuta 134, subcaudal scales 27. 



THIS is a small but elegant Snake, usually mea- 

 suring nine or ten inches or near a foot in length, 

 and being rather thick in proportion : the colour 

 is described by Linn ecus as yellow above and be- 

 neath, and blueish on the sides : he quotes, how- 

 ever, no figure as a representative of the species, 

 but it is probably the Serpens eximia Africana 

 crocea fronte albo of Seba, vol. 1 2. pi. 86*. f. 5. 

 which is said by that author to be of an orange- 

 colour above, with the upper part of the head and 

 the abdomen white. It also seems to be the Du- 

 berria of the same author, figured at pi. 1. f. 6. 

 which is described as blue above, with a middle 

 range of small red specks, brown on the sides, 

 and cinereous yellow beneath, and supposed by 

 Seba to be a native of Ceylon, as the orange- 



