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RETICULATED SLOW-WORM. 



Anguis Reticulata. A. rosea, sqitamis rhombds cute interjecta 



alba rcticulatis. 

 Rose-coloured Slow-Worm, with rhomboid scales, reticulated 



by the interstitial white skin. 

 Amphislneim Amboincnsis, corio quasi reticulate conspicua. 



Seb. 2. t. 7.f. 3. 



OF similar size and habit with the preceding, 

 but of a strong or deep rose-colour, covered with 

 rhomboid scales, so placed as every where to leave 

 decussations of white between the several rows, the 

 skin appearing through the interstices : along the 

 sides are a few oblong white patches, which form 

 a kind of fascia? as they approach the tail, the tip 

 of which is white : the head is also obscurely sur- 

 rounded by a white zone : native of Amboina. 



SNOUTED SLOW-WORM. 



Anguis Nasuta. A. atroiwesens, svbtusjlava, na'so elongate. 

 Greenish-black Slow- Worm, yellow beneath, with elongated 



snout. 

 Anguis rostratus. C. L. Weigel Mem. des Curieux de la Nature 



de Berlin, 3. p. 1^0. 

 Abdominal scales 218, subcaudal 12. 



DESCRIBED by Mr. Weigel in the Berlin Me- 

 moirs : length about a foot : colour greenish black 

 above, and yellow beneath, extending in some 

 parts a little way up the sides : upper lip consider- 



