4.97 



SPOTTED-SIDE SNAKE. 



Coluber Ordinatiis. C. caruho-riresccnx, linea splnali albida, 



lateribusfitsco-maculosis. 

 Bluish-green Snake, with whitish spinal line, and sides spotted 



with brown. 



Coluber ordinatus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 379. 

 Green Spotted Snake. Catesb. Carol. 2. pi. 53. 

 Spotted Ribband Snake ? Gated. 2. pi. 51. 

 Abdominal scuta 138, subcaudal scales 72. 



GENERAL length from two to three feet: co- 

 lour blueish green, with blackish clouds and spots 

 along the sides: ridge of the back whitish: na- 

 tive of Carolina. 



^WHITE-SKINNED SNAKE. 



Coluber Candidus. C. Candidas, maculis dursalibus ovatis mag- 



nisfiucis. 



White Snake, with large ovate brown dorsal spots. 

 Coluber Candidas. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 384. Mus. Ad. l\uh 



p. 33. t. l.f. 1. 



Serpens A-'culapii Brasiliensis. Seb. 2. t. 66. f. 3, 4, 

 Abdominal scuta 220, subcaudal scales 50. 



HABIT rather slender : length from two to three 

 or four feet, or more : colour milk-white, marked 

 throughout with a row of very large, ovate, deep- 

 brown, equidistant spots or patches : each of the 

 white scales on the plain parts is also marked in 

 the middle with a brown speck : head brown, and 

 covered with large scales : tail of moderate length, 



