40 REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 



use " among scientific ophiologists : and the one, therefore, by 

 which it will ultimately appear in scientific works. It is 

 " smooth " certainly, in comparison with the viper, and in not 

 having carinated scales, but many other snakes are equally so ; 

 and as it was first described by Laurenti, the specific austriaca, 

 given by him, will probably remain as its permanent name. 



