SWIFT SNAKE. 



may perhaps be considered as a doubtful species : 

 in the number of its abdominal and subcaudal 

 scales it agrees pretty nearly with the C. Constric- 

 tor, which is also reported to be a destroyer of 

 eggs. 



SWIFT SNAKE. 



Coluber Cursor. C. urescens^ striis duahus dorsalibus lineatof^ 



maculatis albis, laterihus abdomineque albidis. 

 Greenish Snake, with two dorsal stripes of linear white spots^ 



and whitish sides and abdomen. 

 La Couresse. Cepede Ovip. 2. p. 281. pi. 14!. f. 2. 

 Abdominal scuta 185, subcaudal scales 105. 



Described by Cepede from a specimen in the 

 Royal Cabinet at Paris: length near three feet: 

 colour greenish above, with two longitudinal rows 

 of small, longish, white spots : sides and abdomen 

 whitish : head covered with large scales : tail of 

 moderate length, and gradually tapering to the 

 tip : said to be a remarkably timid and swift spe- 

 cies, generally escaping with great rapidity when 

 discovered : native of the island of MartinicQ. 



