102 
OPHIDIANS 
TABLE OF THE DIFFERENT SNAKES FOUND IN THE 
UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA, 
Noted under the Names by which they are commonly known.* 
Venomous. 
STATE oF ANTIOQUIA. 
( Taya-équis (nobis). { Of these two varie- 
Birri, e ties, the second is 
possibly the most deadly. 
Torcora], or Corcoraé. A semi-ophidian, 
half snake and half lizard, having a 
crest tpon its dorsum, and four short 
legs like the Guatiaca. 
Equis (four or five varieties), (nobis). 
Cascabel (Crot. fasciatus), (nobis). 
Candelilla (nobis). 
Vibora “ sundry varieties. 
Coral c 
Lomo de machete (nobis). 
Ciega, Tatacéa (amphisb. verm.), (nobis). 
Rabo-aji (mapana), (nobis). 
Arara. 
Voladora. 
Yerga. 
| Taya (nobis). 
Yaruma (this is probably the “Birri.” See 
| page 108). 
* Many of these names are taken from the geography of the United 
States of Colombia. 
Bogota, 1862, 2 vols. 
