Reptiles of Massachusetts. 33 
Y A 
id ELM o 
spite aaa. Nobis. an spotted-necked 
J : "g nake. pes 
This EL. species, which I suppose to be unde- 
scribed, was received from Professor Adams, who 
found it at Amherst. It was sent me in spirits, 
and therefore it is probable that its colors had some- 
what changed. Its length is ten inches and a half ; 
length of the head, less than half an inch; width 
across the head, two lines. Body elongated, covered 
with longitudinal rows of pentagonal scales, con- 
nected, and at their posterior extremity, slightly fis- 
sured. All the upper portion of the body, a light 
ash or gray color. An indistinct band of a lighter 
color passes longitudinally down the back; this is 
' margined on each side with a row of dark colored, 
almost black scales; on each side of the body, a 
row of larger scales than those upon the back, unite 
the back with the abdominal plates; these scales 
are black, with a longitudinal delicate white line 
passing through their centres. Abdomen yellowish 
white, with black or fuliginous markings upon the 
outer edge of the plates, appearing upon the anterior 
plates like black dots. Circumference of the neck 
less than the remainder of the body; body largest 
just anterior to the vent; back of the vent it 
rapidly approaches a point. The five anterior plates 
upon the head, viz. that at the snout, and the two 
pairs immediately posterior to this, yellow; the 
other plates the color of the — variegated with 
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