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Defcriptus a 



Frider. Hasselquist, 



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 OLUBER Scutis abdominalibiis lyo, Squanlis 

 caudalibus 50, aculeis invertice duobus, den« 

 ticulis in palato. 



Vipera Gornuta , iEgyptiis & Arabibus. 

 Defir. 



Caput, corpus , roftrum ^ maxillae, oculi &lingua 



ut in Vipera ^gyptiaca, 

 Dentes in maxilla Superiore nulli, 

 Officida 2 in palato, longitudinalia, parallela, denticu- 



lis infl:ru(5ta utrumque X, qui acuminati, parum 



arcuati, verfus gulam reflexi, aequales , brevi» 



ufculi. 



DejJticuli in maxilla inferiore, prope marginem ab 

 utraque parte apicis^ vel 4, in apice vero nulli 

 nec ad bafin. 



Acnlei duo utrinque unus , ad latera verticis , in 

 margine luperiorc orbitse oculi, ereOii, fubtere- 

 tes, apice acuminati, pone parum arcuati, parum 

 canaliculati , fubduri, cute communi tefti, bafi 

 fquamis minimis ere&is una ferie difpofitis , brc- 

 ves, (orbitae oculorum dimidia longitudinc.) 



G2!//^«infra anum cylindrica, fenfim anguftata us- 

 que ad apicem ubi tenuiflima , aculco terminata, 

 Vtpera /Eg. duplo longior. 



Scuta abdomen tegunt n:o. CL, figtira & fitu Vip. 



Squama caudam fubtus n:0. L. vel XXV. paria. 



Color. Caput, dorfi.im, latera & cauda fupra, ex 

 maculis lucidc ferrugineis & fufcis, amplis, irre- 

 gularibus mixta. D 2 Ab- 



