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CHIAMETLA SNAKE. 



the body is beautifully marked from head to tail 

 by numerous transverse rows of round ocellated 

 red spots, surrounded by a white iris and by an 

 exterior red one : the number of these ocellated 

 spots in each row is about seven or eight: the 

 under part of the animal or abdomen is of a pale 

 yellow colour : the scuta broad in proportion to 

 the body ; the tail moderately slender, tapering to 

 a point, and seemingly measuring about a fifth of 

 the whole length. This Snake is, according to 

 Seba, a native of Arabia. The appearance of the 

 head seems strongly to indicate a poisonous species. 



CHIAMETLA SNAKE. 



Coluber Chiametla. C. ccerulens, subtus JlavuSj singulis squamis 



macula alba notatis. 

 Blue Snake, yellow beneath, with every scale marked by a 



white spot. 



Serpens Americana Chiametla dicta. Seb. 2, f.Gl.f. 1. 

 Vipera caerulea Americana ex insula Sancti Eustachii. Seb. 2. 

 t 36./. 4. 



This, which is described and figured by Seba, 

 is a highly beautiful species, measuring about four 

 feet and a half in length, and having nearly the 

 same general proportions with the common Eng- 

 lish snake^ except that the head is larger. The 

 colour of the whole animal above is a beautiful 

 vivid blue, each scale being marked in the middle 

 by a white spot : along the sides is a row of mo- 

 derately distant black spots with white centres : 

 the head is covered with large scales, and is 



