AMMOBATES. 



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ther large and of an ovate shape : tail about a 

 third of the whole length, very thick at its origin, 

 but gradually tapering to a slender point : native 

 of Boeotia. 



AMMOBATES. 

 Coluber Ammobates Africanus ex Guinea. Seb. 2. t, 7S.f. Q. 



Length about three feet and a half, and mo- 

 derately thick in proportion : colour a uniform 

 deep blueish grey, both above and beneath, with 

 a row of moderately distant, round, dusky spots 

 on each side the body near the abdomen : head 

 rather large, covered with large scales, and of a 

 rufous brown above : the scales on the whole 

 upper parts of the body and tail are rather large, 

 of an ovate shape, and finely fimbriated on the 

 edges ; tail of moderate length, and tapering to 

 the extremity, but not very slender : native, ac- 

 cording to Seba, of Guinea. 



