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CARACARA SNAKE. 



Coluber Caracara. C. cveruleus, sqmmk corporis antici elongatk, 

 postici rhombeisj collo fransversim nigro striato. 



Blue Snake, with the scales on the fore part of the body elon- 

 gated, of the hind part rhomboid, and the neck transversly 

 striated with black. 



Coluber Caracara. Lin. SyH, Nat, GmeLp. 1117. 



Serpens Caracara Brasiliensis singularis. Seb, 2. f. 7S.f. S, 



Abdominal scuta 19O, subcaudal scales 125. 



An elegant species, described and figured in the 

 • work of Seba : length about two feet and a half : 

 habit moderately slender: head rather large and 

 oblong ; snout obtuse : from behind each eye a 

 black streak : colour pale blue, the hinder part 

 of the body being tinged with rose-colour: the 

 scales on the fore parts of the animal are of a 

 narrow, lengthened form, and on the hind parts 

 rhomboid, or of the usual shape : neck and fore 

 parts elegantly marked by numerous transverse 

 black lines, the scales on that part being tipped 

 at each end with black : tail rather long, and gra- 

 dually tapering to the tip : native of Brasil. 



VAR. ? 



In this specimen, which is in the British Mu- 

 seum, the head is elegantly marbled with black 

 variegations, and the whole upper parts are varied 

 with black, though not in the same distinctly 

 linear manner as on the fore part : the abdomen is 

 perfectly plain or unspotted, and is marked by two 



