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452. The Chain Snake (Coluber getulus, Linn.). 



Hab. North America. 



One of the most elegant and singular in its pattern of the Snakes of North 

 America ; in its proportions it resembles the common English Snake, and 

 frequents moist woods and shady places. Shaw. 



453. The Ornamented Snake (Coluber ornatus, Shaw). 



Fig. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. iii. p. 477. 

 Hab. Italy. East and West Indies. 



454. The Vittated Snake (Coluber vittatus, Linn.). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 380. Shaw, Gen. Zool. p. 533. 

 Hab. South America. 



455. The Long-snouted Snake (Coluber mycterizans, Linn.). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 38,9. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. iii. p. 546. Russell, 



Ind. Serp. vol. i. p. 16. pi. 12. 

 Hab. India, especially about Vizagapatam, where it is very common. 



456. The Long-snouted Snake (Coluber mycterizans, Linn.). 



Hab. India. 

 Called by the natives of India " Passeriki Pam." 



457. The Eight-lined Snake (Coluber octolineatus, Shaw ; Elaps octo- 



lineatus, Schneid.). 

 Fig. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. iii. p. 540. 

 Hab. Asia. 



458. The Copper-bellied Snake (Coluber erythrog aster, Shaw; Coluber 



porcatus, Catesby). 

 Fig. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. iii. p. 458. 

 Hab. America, Carolina. 



459. The Crimson-sided Snake (Coluber porphyriacus, Shaw). 



Fig. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. iii. p. 423. Zool. of New Holland, p. 27. pi. 10. 

 Hab. New Holland. 



