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DABOYA SNAKE. 



the eye is yellow : the upper part of the head grey 

 mixed with blue : from behind the eyes pass two 

 deep-blue stripes to the upper part of the neck, 

 where they unite into an arch about an inch be- 

 yond the head : a third stripe of the same colour 

 proceeds from the snout to the occiput, where it 

 divides into two, and surrounds a yellow spot 

 marked with a few blue specks : the upper part of 

 the body is divided, as it were, into squares re- 

 sembling a kind of lattice-work, formed by stripes 

 of bright blue with gold-coloured edges : the middle 

 parts of the squares being of a grey colour, Avith 

 changeable reflections of yellow, blue, and green : 

 towards the sides the grey colour is of a lighter or 

 paler cast, as well as on the tail, where the squares 

 are smaller than on the back : each side of the 

 body is also marked by a row of white spots, si- 

 tuated at the crossings of the blue stripes. This 

 superb species is called in Java by the title of 

 Oular-Saxva, or Rice-Field Snake. 



DABOYA SNAKE. 

 Le Daboie. Cepede Serp,p. 255, pi. 13. f. 2. 



This Snake is slightly described by the Count 

 de Cepede, who considers it as the species which, 

 in the kingdom of Juda, or Widah, and some 

 other parts of Africa, is regarded as a deity, and 

 kept in temples consecrated to its worship. This 

 superstition is said by the traveller De Marchais to 



