VIPERA 



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Fr» Hasselquist. 



COLUBER Scutis abdominalibus n8, Sqiiamis 

 caudalibus 40. 

 Vipera iEgypd &Officinarum, 



D.efci'\ 



Laptit vertice parum, inter oculos valde deprefliim, 

 lateribus valde protuberans, collo latius. 



lloftrum obtunffimum, breviffimum. - 



Maxilla fuperior emarginata; ixferior intzgva^fojjiila^ 

 Jongitudinalis in gula pone marginem max.infer, 

 latis profunda. 



'Nares una utrinque ante oculos, proxime lupra mar- 

 ginem roftri, lineares, transverlalcs. 



Octili prope roftrum in fuperiore capitis partc: pupil- 

 /^? lanceolata, angufta, perpendicularis, atra : iris 

 ex grifeo flavefcens, ampliufcula. 



Dentes (a, piures parvi, fcabri, in anteriore partc u- 

 triusque maxilla^ , (b, duo longiorcs acuminati, 

 arcuati, compreffi, retradtiles, bafi vagina teQ:i 

 in qua obfcondumur, unus utrinque ad Jatera 

 roHri, in maxiila fuperiore, direSle ante oculos. 



Liiigua apice bicufpidata. 



Colkrm cylindricum, corpore anguftius, ienfim verfus 



abdomen craffius. 

 Corpus juxta. abdomen obfblete quadra"ngulare, cras- 



ium, vcrfus caudam cyiindricum, (enfim attenua- 



tum. 



Ahdomen planum, longitudinaliter plicatile median- 

 te fulco, qui medium abdominis percurrit, 



Cau- 



