COBELLA SNAKE. 493 



each otlier on the top of the back, give the ap- 

 pearance of double bars : in some specimens the 

 sides of the body are marked by blackish spots 

 between each of the oval rings. This is a per- 

 fectly harmless species, and is a native of Carolina 

 and other parts of North America, 



COBELLA SNAKE. 



Colaber Cobella. C.fiiscus,fasc'ds transierm Imearibus curxiatis 



alhidis, ahdomine albofasciis transversis fuscis. 

 Brown Snake, with linear transverse whitish curved bands, and 



white abdomen with transverse brown bands. 

 Coluber Cobella. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 378. 

 Serpentes CubcUas dicta?. Seb. 2. t. 2.f. 5. 

 Abdominal scuta 150, subcaudal scales 54. 



A SMALL Species : general length about ten 

 <jr twelve inches : colour brown, with numerous 

 curved or undulating, whitish, transverse, linear 

 bands from head to tail : abdomen white or pale, 

 with numerous, alternate, semi-transverse, dusky 

 bands: head of middling size, covered with very 

 large scales : tail thin and taper. This snake varies 

 sometimes in colour, being blackish rather than 

 brown, with similar whitish or pale markings, 



