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Family 2. Boidee. 



The ventral shields narrow (except in Bolyeria), transverse, band-like, often 

 six-sided ; the hinder limbs developed under the skin, formed of several 

 bones and ending in an exserted horny spur, placed one on each side of the 

 vent. Tail short, generally prehensile. The pupil oblong, erect, except in 

 Tortrix. 



Genus TORTRIX, Oppell. 



500. The Coral Snake ( Tortrix Scytale, Oppell; Anguis Seytale, Linn.). 

 Fig. Oppell, Ord. Kept. 56. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. iii. p. 581. Cat. of 



Snakes in Brit. Mus. p. 1 14. 

 Hob. Tropical America. 



501. The Coral Snake (Tortrix Scytale, Oppell). 



Hab. Tropical America. 



Both this specimen and the preceding have lost all their colours except the 

 black. 



502. The Coral Snake (Tortrix Scytale, Oppell). 



This specimen has lost nearly all its colours, the black bands being scarcely 

 perceptible. 



503. The Coral Snake (Tortrix Scytale, Oppell). 



Fig. Schlegel, Phys. Serp. ii. 5. t. 1. figs. 4, 5. 

 Hab. Tropical America. 



Genus GONGYLOPHIS, Wagler. 



504. The Padain Cootoo (GongylopMs cornea, Gray ; Boa viperina, 



Shaw). 

 Fig. Russell's Ind. Serp. vol. i. p. 5. t. 4. Cat. of Snakes in Brit. Mus. 



p. 108. 

 Hab. India. 



Genus EUNECTES, Wagler. 



505. The Anacondo (Eunectes murinus, Wagler ; Boa murina, Linn.). 



Fig. Wagler, Syst. 167. Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 374. Cat. of Snakes in Brit. 



Mus. p. 102. 

 Hab. Tropical America. 



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