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FASCIOLATED SNAKE. 



Coluber Fasciolatus. C. cincreus, fasciis transvfrsis albidis, ab- 



domine ghiuco. 

 Cinereous Snake, with \\hitish transverse bands and glaucous 



abdomen. 



Nooni Paragoodoo. Russ. Ind. Scrp. p. 26. pi. 21. 

 Abdominal scuta 192, subcaudal scales 62. 



LENGTH about two feet : habit rather slender : 

 colour grey-brown, marked with equidistant nar- 

 rowish, transverse white bands spotted on the 

 edges with black : head ovate, of moderate size, 

 and large-scaled : tail slender, and tapering to a 

 point : abdomen dusky pearl-coloured : native of 

 India, where its bite is popularly believed to be 

 mortal ; but Dr. Russel's experiments on chickens 

 prove this notion to be entirely erroneous, the ani- 

 mal being unprovided with fangs. 



BIPED SNAKE. 



Coluber Bipes. Lin. Syst. Nut. Cmel. p. 1009. Scop. 

 Hist. Kat. 2. p. 39. 



A SOMJ -wn AT doubtful species, mentioned by 

 Scopoli as an inhabitant of the Tyrolcse waters, 

 and said to be furnished with two short pro< 

 or fett, and to have red c\ cs, elliptic dorsal scales, 

 and the lateral c.nes spotted with white: scuta 

 whitish, wiiii a dusky spot in the middle: perhaps 

 no other than a variety of the AV//;v,r. 



