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jaw. Eyes not lateral, prominent. Nostrils small. Trunk round; scales 
small, smooth, ovate imbricate ; two or three rows next to the scuta are 
larger; scuta and squame are acuminated and exceedingly small. Color 
of head dark ashes, with a dark-brown oblique macula behind each ear ; 
neck, trunk, and tail variegated with large dark spots with irregular 
forms, edged with black on a light-brown ground; spots on tail are 
somewhat lighter in color than those on the trunk; scuta and squame of 
a dusky yellow. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
This specimen came from Ganjam. 
No. 11. P. albo-maculata (nobis), called Pedda Poda. 
Abdominal scuta 256, subcaudal squame 69 = 825. Length 67, diame- 
ter 23/’. Head a little broader than the neck, depressed above, oblong ; 
forward of the eyes contracted, compressed, subtruncate; crown and 
front part covered with many lamine, but occiput is covered with 
smooth ovate scales. Mouth very wide; three rows of teeth in upper 
jaw. Eyes medium size, lateral, protuberant. Nostrils small, gaping. 
Trunk covered with smooth ovate imbricate scales, except two rows on 
the belly, which are orbicular; scuta are oblong, narrow, acuminate at 
each end; subcaudal squame are oval, but pointed. Above the anus and 
on a line with the penultimate scuta, there is on each side a small curved 
“horn or spur, turned outwards Color universally whitish, variegated 
with long, brown, irregular-shaped spots, edged with black. There isa 
long diagonal dark streak behind each eye, and the first dark spot on the 
occiput is divided, half way down its middle, with a whitish streak. The 
squame and some spots on the under side of the tail are of a dusky slate 
color. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
The last three varieties (Nos. 9, 10, and 11), belong to 
what the natives in Ganjam call Rock snakes, and are not 
considered venomous. Specimens of No. 11 have been seen 
10’ long ; this variety is (identical with the Bora of Bengal), 
called Dussery Pamboo, which has claws identical with this 
one, and the snake men affirm it is necessary at times to clip 
them. 
No. 12. P. bora (nobis) (Bora) is described by Dr. Russell, 
as follows, viz. : 
