THE 



GILDED SNAKE. 



Generic Character. 



Tranfverfc Lamellce under the abdomen, 

 ^road alternate Scales under the tail. 



Specific Character, &c. 



GREENISH-BLUE SNAKE, gold-green be- 

 neath j with a black ftreak acrofs the eyes. 

 Abdominal larnellce about 164. Subcaudal 

 fcaks about 150. 



The GILDED SNAKE, or BOIGA. 



The IRIDESCENT SNAKE. 



Never, perhaps, can the well-known maxim 

 nimium ne crede colori" be more juftly applied 

 than to the animals of the ferpent tribe ; which, in 

 general, exhibit fo many variations in point of color, 

 as to make it neceffary to fix on fome more certain 

 marks of diftinftion, in order to afcertain with pre- 

 cifion the refpedtive fpecies. There are, however, 

 fome ferpents which feem lefs liable to this uncer- 

 tainty than others, and which difplay a tinge fuffi- 



ciently 



