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COLUBER NASUTUS. 



zans, in all its states, appears to vary considerably 

 in the number of these parts. 



COLUBER NASUTUS. 



Serpens viridis ore acuminate ex Java, Aspidis species. Seb. 2. 

 t bl.f. 4. 



Colour a beautiful grass-green, with a yel- 

 low lateral line at the edges of the abdomen, as in 

 the Mycterizans : general length about three feet: 

 habit moderately slender : head rather large, and 

 covered in front with very large scales, and sharp- 

 pointed, the upper jaw projecting considerably 

 beyond the lower: tail long and slender: well 

 figured in the work of Seba : so nearly allied to 

 the Mycterizans as to be scarce distinguishable by 

 a specific character, but seems to have a somewhat 

 larger head in proportion, and to be somewhat 

 less slender in the body : native, according to 

 Seba, of Java. 



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