438 OCELLATED SNAKE. 



rhomboid spots are most regular in the smaller 

 specimens, in the larger becoming somewhat more 

 broken in the outline and more approaching to an 

 ovate form : native of India and South America : 

 in the number of its abdominal and subcaudal 

 scales it occasionally varies considerably. 



OCELLATED SNAKE. 



Coluber Ocellatus. C. castaneus, macuUs ocellatis fuscis abdo^ 

 mine Jlavo. 



Chesnut-coloured Snake, with ocellated brown spots, and yel- 

 low abdomen. 



Serpens Guineensis rarissima Jrgtis dicta. Seb, 2. t, 23. f, 1. 



Size and general proportions of the Viper : co- 

 lour pale chesnut, beautifully marked with five 

 alternating rows of round ocellated spots, those 

 of the middle range being the largest and of a 

 blackish brown, the lateral ones of a paler or 

 more rufous brown : abdomen yellow, with small 

 scattered rufous spots : head covered with small 

 scales : tail tapering to a moderately slender tip : 

 native, according to Seba, of Guinea, and a rare 

 species. 



