544 IBIRACOA. 



domen speckled with black points : tail shortish, 

 and gradually tapering to a sharp tip : native of 

 Egypt, according to Seba. 



AURORA SNAKE. 



Coluber Aurora. C. croceus, fascia dorsali abdomtneqiicjlaxis. 

 Orange-coloured Snake, with yellow dorsal band and abdomen. 

 Coluber Aurora. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 379. Mu*- Ad. Frid. 



p. 25. t. 19. 



Serpens Acontias, &c. Seb. 2. t. 78. f. 3. 

 Abdominal scuta 179> subcaudal scales 37* 



LENGTH about two feet and a half, and mode- 

 rately thick in proportion: colour dull orange, 

 with a broad dorsal line of pale yellow : head ra- 

 ther large, and covered with very large scales : 

 those on the body are also of considerable size : 

 abdomen yellow : tail rather short, and tapering 

 to an obtuse point : native of South America. 



JB1RACOA. 



Serpens Brasilicnsis Iberacoa dicta. Seb. 1. t. 87. /. 1, 2, 3. 

 Serpens Xaxalhua. Seb. Mus. 2. t. 63. f. 2. 



A BEAUTIFUL snake, figured in the work of 

 Seba : length about two feet : colour pale or whit- 

 ish yellow, tinged with red, blue, &c. and marked 

 above by several parallel longitudinal rows of 

 black linear spots, the middle or broadest range 

 consisting rather of broadish spots, more 



