MUCOUS SNAKE. ,513 



lowed by eruptions on different parts of the body, 

 though it does not prove fatal in less than ten or 

 twelve days: but this is, in all probability, a 

 mere popular error. 



VAR. r 



Pedda Poda. Rvss. t. 23, 24. 



WITH the general habit, colour, &c. of the first- 

 described species, but with larger scales in propor- 

 tion : perhaps a sexual difference : vent, as in both 

 the preceding, large, semilunar, and edged with a 

 double row of small scales : on each side the vent 

 is also a short, curved, spur-shaped, or horn-like 

 process. This snake is said to grow to a very large 

 size, having been seen of the length of nine or ten 

 feet. 



MUCOUS SNAKE. 



Coluber Mucosus. C. ccerulesccns, capite angulato, labiis trans- 



versim nigro striatis. 

 Blueish Snake pale beneath, with angular head, and lips striped 



transversly with black. 

 Coluber mucosus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 388. M-us. Ad. Trid. 



p. 37. t. 23, /. 1. 

 Abdominal scuta 200, subcaudal scales 14-0. 



THIS snake is described by Linnaeus in the Mu- 

 seum Adolphi Friderici : it is not remarkable for 

 any thing particular in its appearance, but seems 

 to be rather a small species, measuring about a 



