MUCOUS SNAKE. 



lowed by eruptions on different parts of the body^ 

 though it does not prove fatal in less than ten or 

 twelve days: but this is, In all probability, a 

 mere popular error. 



VAR. ? 

 Pedda Poda. Russ. t. 23, 24, 



With the general habit, colour, &c. of the first- 

 described species, but with larger scales in propor- 

 tion : perhaps a sexual difference : vent, as in both 

 the preceding, large, semilunar, and edged with a 

 double row of small scales : on each side the vent 

 is also a short, curved, spur-shaped, or horn-like 

 process. This snake is said to grow to a very large 

 size, having been seen of the length of nine or ten 

 feet. 



MUCOUS SNAKE. 



Coluber ^lucosus. C. ccerukscens, capite a?iguIafo, lubiis trans- 



versim nigra striatis. 

 Blueish Snake pale beneath, with angular head, and lips striped 



transversly with black. 

 Coluber iducosus. Lin. Syst. Nat, p. 388. Mus. Ad. Frid. 



p. 37. t. 23./ 1. 

 Abdominal scuta 200, subcaudal scales 140. 



This snake is described by Linneeus in the Mu- 

 seum Adolphi Friderici : it is not remarkable for 

 any thing particular in its appearance, but seems 

 to be rather a small specie^s, measuring about a 



