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SPOTTED-SIDE SNAKE. 



Coluber Ordinatus. C. cceruko-virescens, linca spinaJi albida, 



lateribusfusco-maculosis. 

 Blueish-green Snake, with whitish spinal line, and sides spotted 



with brown. 

 Coluber ordinatus. Lin. Syst, Nat. p. 37 9» 

 Green Spotted Snake. Catesb. Carul. 2.pL 53. 

 Spotted Ribband Snake? Catesb. 2.pL 51. 

 . Abdominal scuta 138, subcaudal scales 72. 



General length from two to three feet: co- 

 lour blueish green, Avith blackish clouds and spots 

 along the sides: ridge of the back whitish: na- 

 tive of Carolina, 



WHITE-SKINNED SNAKE. 



Coluber Candidus. C. candidus, maculis dursalibus ovatis mag- 

 7lis fuscis. 



White Snak^, with large ovate brown dorsal spots. 



Coluber Candidus. Lin. Syst. JSfat. p. 384. Mus. Ad. Frid^ 



p. 33. t. 7.f. 1. 

 Serpens ^^'.culapii Brasiliensis. Seb. 2. t. 66. f. 3, 4. 

 Abdominal scuta 220, subcaudal scales 50. 



Habit rather slender : length from two to three 

 or four feet; or more : colour milk-white, marked 

 throughout with a row of very large, ovate, deep^ 

 brown, equidistant spots or patches : each of the 

 white scales on the plain parts is also marked in 

 the middle with a brown speck : head brovyn, and 

 covered with large scales : tail of moderate length. 



