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H^MACHATE SNAKE, 



Coluber Hcemachates. C. ruber, albo nebitlatuSj abdomme albo' 

 Jiavescefite. 



Red Snake, clouded with white, with yellowish white abdo- 

 men. , - ; 



Serpens Asiatica Haemachates dicta. Seb. 2. t. 58. Jig. I, 3. 

 L'Hsemachate. Cepede Serp. p, 115. pi. 3. f. 2. 

 Abdominal scuta 132, subcaudal scales 43 pair. 



An elegant species ; well represented by Seba, 

 who informs us that it is a native of the East In- 

 dies, having been received from Persia and Japan. 

 Its general length is about two feet or more ; its 

 colour red, more or less deep in different indi- 

 viduals, and sometimes of a brownish cast ; va- 

 riegated with white or whitish undulations, so as 

 to appear as if marbled : under parts yellow or 

 whitish : head moderately large, and covered in 

 front with large scales : tail extremely short, ta- 

 pering to a point. It is, according to Cepede, a 

 poisonous species. 



W^ATER VIPER. 



Coluber Aquaticus. C.fuscus, abdomine nigra Jlavoque fasciato. 

 Brown Snake, with the abdomen banded with black and 3^el- 

 low. 



Water Viper. Catesb. Carol. 2' pi. 43. 



''This serpent," says Catesby, ''is called in 

 Carolina the Water Rattle-Snake ; not that it hath 

 a rattle, but is a large snake, and coloured not 



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