585 



SPOTTED SLOW-WORM. 



Anguis Maculata. A. flava, tamia dorsali alternate -fasciat a 



nigra. 

 Yellow Slow- Worm, with an alternately-fasciated black dorsal 



band. 

 I Anguis maculata. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 391. Mus. Ad. Frid. 



p. 21. t. 21. f. 3. 



Tucuman, &c. dicta Serpens ex Paraguaja. Seb. 2. t. 100. /. 2. 

 Serpens Amphisbaena orientalis. Seb. 1. t. 53. f. 7. 

 Abdominal scales 200, subcaudal 12. 



LENGTH about a foot and half or two feet : 

 thickness moderate : colour yellow or orange, with 

 a black dorsal line, on each side of which are nu- 

 merous, narrow, alternating, transverse bands of 

 the same colour, continued throughout the whole 

 length : the abdomen is traversed by less nume- 

 rous but broader bands of a dusky colour : na- 

 tive of South America. 



VAR.? 

 WITH red instead of black variegations. 



V, in. p. IT, 58 



