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ACROCHORDUS. ACROCIIORDUS. 



Generic Character. 



Corpus caitdaque undique ver- II Body and tail completely CO- 

 rucosa. vered with warts. 



JAVAN ACROCHORDUS. 



Acrochordus Javanicus. A. nigricanSj subtus albidus, lateribus 



fusco maculatis. 

 Blackish Acrochordus, whitish beneath, with the sides marked 



by dusky spots. 

 Acrochordus Javanicus. Hornst. Act. Stocholm. 1787* 



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HE remarkable snake which gave rise to the 

 institution of this new genus, is a native of the 

 island of Java, and was first described by Mr. 

 Hor nsted in the Swedish Transactions for the 

 year 1787, and in the Journal de Physique for the 

 year 1788. It was found in a large pepper-ground 

 near Sangasan, in the year 1734, and measured 

 about eight feet in length ; the thickness of the 

 neck being six inches, that of the largest part of 

 the body ten inches, and that of the tail an inch 

 and half: the colour of the upper part of the animal 

 was blackish, and of the under part whitish ; the 

 sides marked with dusky spots: the head trim- 



