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CERULEAN SNAKE. 



Coluber Caerulciis. C. cacrukscens, squamis altera latere alb'is^ 

 abdomine albo. 



Blueish Snake, with the scales white on one side, and white 

 abdomen. 



Coluber caeruleus. Lin. Sfjst. Nat. p. 377* 

 Abdominal scuta l65, subcaudal scales 24* 



Allied in colour to the LinnEean Dipsas, being 

 blue above, with the lower margin of the scales 

 white : abdomen white : head of moderate size : 

 tail rather short, slender, and tapering to the tip : 

 general length about a foot and a half or two feet: 

 native of South America. 



LIVID SNAKE. 



Coluber Saturninus. C. Uxidus, fasciis angustis transversis ci- 

 nereis. 



Livid Snake, with narrow transverse cinereous bands. 

 Coluber Saturninus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 384. Mas. Ad. Frid, 



p. 32. t. g.f. 1. 

 Abdominal scuta 147, subcaudal scales 120. 



Described by Linnaeus in the Museum Adol- 

 phi Friderici : head broader than the body, de- 

 pressed, oblong, lead-coloured : eyes very large : 

 trunk livid, somewhat clouded above with narrow 

 cinereous bands: tail round, and measuring about 

 a third of the whole animal : a harmless species : 

 native of South America: length about two feet: 

 habit rather slender. 



