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HICKANELLA SNAKE. 



Coluber Hickanella. C. albus, caruleo guttatus, abdomine CKru- 



leo maculato. 

 White Snake, speckled with blue above, and variegated with 



blue on the abdomen. 

 Scrpens Hikkanella Americanus. Seb. 2. t. 75. f. 2. 



A BEAUTIFUL species : length about two feet 

 and a half: thickness moderate : head oblong, 

 large-scaled, white, with the sutures or divisions 

 of the scales blue : remainder of the upper parts 

 white, with numerous small blue spots, disposed 

 in a rhomboid pattern: abdomen white, trans- 

 versly tesselated in some parts with blue : tail ra- 

 ther short, gradually tapering to the tip : native, 

 according to Seba, of South America, frequent- 

 ing houses, and being veiy useful in destroying 

 rats, &c. 



BOAFORM SNAKE. 



Coluber Boseformis. C. albidus,fusco variegatus, abdomine albo, 



scutis brecissimis. 

 Whitish Snake, with brown variegations, white beneath, with 



very short scuta. 



Pedda Poda. Russ. Ind. Serp. p. 27, 28, 30. pi. 22, 23, 24. 

 Bora. Rnss. Ind. Serp. p. 44. pi. 3p. 

 Abdominal scuta 252, subcaudal scales 62. 



LENGTH of the specimen described by Dr. Rus- 

 sel about two feet and a half, but supposed to 

 grow much larger : habit thick and short, with 



