498 BROWN SNAKE. 



gradually tapering to the extremity: native of 

 South America. 



BROWN SNAKE. 



r'oluber Fuscus. C. cinereo-fmcus, abdomine pallido, macula pos- 



tocidarifusca. 



Cinereous-brown Snake, with pale abdomen, and brown spot 



behind the eyes. 

 Coluber fuscus. Lin, Syst. Nat. p. 388. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 32. 



t, 17./. 1. 



Seh. 2. f. 71 J. 1. t. 72. f, 1. and t. 87. f. 1. 



Abdominal scuta 149, subcaudal scales 117. 



A 3I0DERATELY large species, growing to four 

 feet or more in length : colour cinereous brown, 

 sometimes tinged with blueish, or with olive co- 

 lour, or ferruginous : abdomen pale : head rather 

 small than large, and marked behind the eyes with 

 an oblong brown patch : tail about a fifth of the 

 whole length, gradually tapering to a point. Na- 

 tive of several parts of Asia. 



