588 JAMAICA SLOW-WORM. 



ably longer than the lower, and marked on the 

 tip by a yellow spot : tail terminated by a horny 

 tip, and marked by a yellow spot and two oblique 

 yellow bands : native of Surinam. 



JAMAICA SLOW-WORM. 



Anguis Jamaiccnsis. A. subargenteo-fiiscesccns, corpore sensim in- 

 crassato, cauda abruptc subacuminata. 



Silvery-brownish Slow-Worm, with the body gradually thick- 

 ening, and the tail abruptly subacimiiiuiu . 



Amphisbasna subargentea. Silver Snake. Broun Jam. p. 460. 

 pi. 44./. 1. 



Serpens Caecilia ex Mauritania. Seb. l.'t. 8?./. 2. 



Anguis lumbricalis ? Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 391. 



THE length of this species, according to Brown, 

 in his History of Jamaica, seldom exceeds sixteen 

 inches, and the diameter of the animal gradually 

 increases from the snout to the tail, which is ex- 

 tremely short, and terminates in a slightly pointed 

 extremity : it is found about the roots of decayed 

 trees, near ants' nests, &c. and though popularly 

 considered as poisonous, is entirely innocuous : its 

 colour is a uniform pale brown, with a kind of 

 silvery gloss on the scales, which are extremely 

 smooth, resembling in some degree those of the 

 Scink. 



