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SPOTTED SNAKE, 



Coluber Maculatus. C. mrulescens, iiigro maculatus, subfus al- 



biduSj scutis margine maculis dimidiatis nigris. 

 Blueish Snake/spotted with black, whitish beneath, with the 



scuta marked on the edge with dimidiated black spots. 



General habit of C. Natrix, but not so long 

 in proportion : colour glaucous or pale blueish, 

 marked on the upper parts with numerous, round- 

 ish, black spots : sides of the scuta with dimidiated 

 spots of the same colour. It seems much allied 

 to the figure in Seba above referred to, but differs 

 in colour ; Seba's specimen being yellow instead 

 of blue : described from a specimen in the British 

 Museum. 



RINGED SNAKE. 



Coluber Natrix. C. olivaceo-fuscus Cinterdvm cccrukscejisj 

 macula collari utmiqiie nigra, alter aqiie Jla'va, lateribus nigro 

 maculatis, abdominefiisco. 



Olive-brown (or blueish) Snake, with a black patch accom- 

 panied by a yellow one on each side the neck, a row of nar- 

 row black spots down each side, and dusky abdomen. 



Coluber Natrix. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 380. 



Natrix torquata. Raj. Quadr. 334. 



The Common Snake. Ringed Snake. Brit. Zool. 3, p. 31. 

 Abdominal scuta 170; subcaudal scales 60. 



This species appears to be pretty generally 

 diffused through all parts of Europe, and is com- 

 mon in. our own island, frequenting woods, moist 



