STREAKED SNAKE. 527 



is slender, and gradually tapers to a point : abdo- 

 men yellowish white, the scuta marked by a dusky 

 spot on each side : native of India. 



STREAKED SNAKE. 



Coluber Striatus. C. nigro-virescens, albo fasciato-maculaius, 



subfus albido-ccerulescens. 

 Greenish-black Snake, with spotted white bands, and blueish 



white abdomen. 



Gajoo Tutta. Russ. Ind. Serp. p. 22. pi. 16. 

 Abdominal scuta 174, subcaudal scales 40. 



LENGTH about fourteen inches : colour above 

 greenish black, marked by about twenty trans- 

 verse fasciae, each composed of a number of lon- 

 gitudinal, abrupt, white or yellowish white streaks, 

 and along the sides of the body are interrupted 

 rows of similar streaks : head plain, obtuse, and 

 large-scaled: abdomen blueish white: tail very 

 small, and tapering to a point : native of India. 



