STREAKED SNAKE, 



527 



is slender, and gradually tapers to a point : abdo- 

 men yellowish white, the scuta marked by a dusky 

 spot on each side : native of India. 



STREAKED SNAKE. 



Coluber Striatus. C. nigro-virescens, albo fasciato-maculat'us, 



suhtus albido-ccerulescens . 

 Greenish-black Snake, with spotted white bands, and blueish 



white abdomen. 

 Gajoo Tutta. Russ. Lid. Serp. p. 22. pL l6. 

 Abdominal scuta 174, subcaudal scales 40. 



Length about fourteen inches: colour above 

 greenish black, marked by about twenty trans- 

 verse fasciae, each composed of a number of lon- 

 gitudinal, abrupt, white or yellowish white streaks, 

 and along the sides of the body are interrupted 

 rows of similar streaks : head plain, obtuse, and 

 large-scaled : abdomen blueish white : tail very 

 small, and tapering to a point : native of India. 



