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NATURAL HISTORY. 



SUB-FAMILY CORONELLINJE. 



The Ground Colubrides, or Coronellinse, are Snakes of small size, with smooth scales. They live 

 on the ground, and are generally of rich, brilliant coloration, and only a few which frequent grassy 

 plains are of a bright green colour. The genus Coronella has species in almost every part of the 

 temperate and tropical regions, and there is a doubtful one in India. The European Coronella Icevis 

 is the type, and is found from Norway to the south. It is possibly an English Snake. 



Another genus (Cyclophis) is interesting because it is represented by different species in North 

 Ameiica, China, Afghanistan, Mesopotamia, Hindostan, Ceylon, and Assam. They have all the 



COROXELLA 



teeth of equal size, and none are grooved. They are small Snakes, and as they frequent grassy 

 places, their colours are principally green and olive. They belong to a sub-family, the Dryadinse, 

 or Bush Colubrides, some of which have the long body more or less compressed, as it were, but not so 

 excessively slender as the true Tree Snakes. The tail is also long, and the head, distinct from the 

 neck, may have an elongate snout. The All-green Tree Snake of South America * and the Antillean 

 Snake,f with large eyes and elongated scales, have been brought to England. Nearly all the species are 

 arboreal. 



Phiiodryas viridissimus. 



f Dromicus antillensis. 



