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ALGERINE SNAKE. 



Coluber Maurus. C+fuscus, lineis duabus dorsalibus nigris, late- 

 ribus nigro transTcrsim fasciatis, abdomme afro. 



Brown Snake, with two black dorsal lines, the sides trans- 

 versly fasciated with black, and black abdomen. 



Coluber maurus. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmd. p. 10p8. 



Abdominal scuta 152, subcaudal scales 66. 



OF middle size : colour on the upper parts 

 brown, with two black dorsal lines, from which 

 descend on each side several black bands : abdo- 

 men black : native of Algiers. 



HANNASCH. 



SLIGHTLY described by Forskal, who tells us 

 that it is entirely black, about a cubit in length, 

 of the thickness of a finger, and that its bite ex- 

 cites a swelling, though no otherwise dangerous : 

 native of Arabia. 



RED-THROATED SNAKE. 



Coluber Jugularis. C. niger,jugulo sanguineo. 

 Black Snake, with blood-red throat. 

 Abdominal scuta 195, subcaudal scales 102. 



COLOUR entirely black, except the throat, 

 which is blood-red : native of ^Egypt : described 

 by Hasselquist. 



