LEOPARD SNAKE. 



445 



measures three inches and nine lines : native of 

 the island of Eustatia: described by the Count de 

 Cepede. 



PANTHER SNAKE. 

 La Tigree. Cepede Serp, p. 1S6. 



Allied to the Viper: length about a foot and 

 half: tail two inches : head like that of the com- 

 mon Viper : all the scales carinated : colour of the 

 upper parts whitish rufous, with dusky spots bor- 

 dered with black, like those on the skin of a pan- 

 ther or leopard: colour of the under parts not 

 specified. Described by Cepede. Native coun- 

 try unknown. This seems allied to the Ocellated 

 Snake. 



LEOPARD SNAKE. 

 Serpens tigrina ex insula Bali, &c. Seh. 2. t, 46. y. 3 



Length about two feet: colour a beautiful 

 yellow, spotted with numerous, moderately small, 

 ovate, or roundish black or deep brown spots : ab- 

 domen variegated with transverse brown streaks : 

 head rather small, large-scaled, rather sharp- 

 snouted, of a brown colour above: tail rather 

 blender, and tapering to a fine point : native of 

 the Indian islands. 



