49S 



SIPEDON* 

 Coluber Sipedon. Lin, Syst. Nat. p. 379. 



Native of North America: observed by Kalm i 

 colour entirely black, or deep brown : abdominal 

 scuta 144, subcaudal scales 73, 



RED-SPOTTED SNAKE. 



Coluber Coccineus, C. niger, dorso flo^oo macvHs ruhris, abdQ- 

 mine pallidp. 



Black Snake, with yellow back spotted with red, apd pale 

 abdomen. 



Coluber coccineus. Lifi. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. lO^Z, 

 Abdominal scuta 17 5, subcaudal scales 35, 



Length from two to three feet or more : habit 

 rather slender : head small : ground-colour black, 

 with about twenty-three bright red ovate or ob^ 

 tusely square spots along the back ; the spaces ber 

 tween being yellow : bell}^ pale : native of South 

 America. 



