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LEMNISCATED SNAKE. 



. Coluber Lemniscatiis. C. albo-JlavescenSf zonis tri^licatis fusco* 

 ferrugmeis. 



Yellowish-white Snake, with triple ferrugineous-brown bands. 



Coluber lemniscatus. Lin. Syst, Nat. p. 286, 



Serpens, &c. Seb. 2. f. 10. f. 4. 



Serpens annulatus, &c. Seb. 1. t. 27' f' 4-. 



Abdominal scuta 250, subcaudal scales 35. 



This is a species of considerable elegance, being 

 of a slender habit, and of a white or yellowish co- 

 lour, marked throughout the Avhole length, at 

 equal distances, by triple zones of black or deep 

 brown entirely surrounding the body, and each 

 separated from the next adjoining one by a nar- 

 row white stripe or line of the ground-colour : the 

 head is rather small, covered with large scales and 

 marked across the snout by a double zone, of 

 which the smallest division passes across the nos- 

 trils, and the largest across the eyes : the tail is 

 rather short, and gradually tapers to the tip : the 

 whole animal is of a smooth or shining surface : 

 it sometimes varies in the colour of its zones, 

 which, in a specimen represented by Seba, are 

 purple. It is a native of several parts of Asia. 



