90 



BOA, 



i5, Smali. Crotalus duriflus, i7Z-^»i.'^Li>ii %fs. 



Small Rattkfnake, Catefiy, il. 43, 



Of a brown color tinged with red, marked with diftinft fpots of 

 black with white edges. 

 Catejby doubts whether this is a diftind fpecies, as ferpents fome- 

 times change their marks with the change of their fkins. 



LiNNiEus's charadter of the number of plates and fcalesj aflures us 

 of its fpecific difference. 



Lefs venomous than the former. 



27. Miliary. Crotalus miliarius, 13— 3i,~Z/«. 272. 



T> With. cinereous body, with three rows of black fpots^ and a red 

 one between each of thofe on the back. 

 LiNN^us quotes Catejby , 42, for this fpeciesj but his Cr, Duri(fus 

 fuits that writer's defcription. Doftor Gardens name is prefixed to this, 

 fo it is certain this fpecies or variety ejdfts. 



VI. BOA. Plates on the abdomen, and beneath the tail ; no rattle. Linn^us. 



38..HoGNOSE. Boa contortrix, 150 — 40. — Lin. 373. 



Hog-'nofe Snake, Catepy, ii. 56. 



With a large convex head ; poifonous glands 5 no fangs * : nofe 

 turned up; cheeks inflated: fhort body: crown and back of a 

 brownilh color, with large and regular fpots of black : the hinder 

 part of the body with tranfverfe bars of yellow between the black : 

 belly white, with fmall fpots of black. 

 Placj. Inhabits Carolina : is very fluggifh, and has a moft malevolent afpedt. 



That examined by Catefby was only a foot long. He fufpefts that it 

 might have been a young one, which had not got its fatal teeth. 



• Doiflor Garden in Lin. Syft. 373, and Catcfy, 



12 Viper, 



