PAINTED SLOW-WORM. 581 



some parts of Scotland, and, according to Lin- 

 naeus, in America also. 



SPECKLED SLOW-WORM. 



Anguis Meleagris. A. griseo-rufescens, undique fusco-jpunctata. 

 Rufous-grey Slow-Worm, speckled on all sides with brown. 

 Anguis Meleagris. Lin. Sy&t. Nat. p. SpO. 

 Serpens Ccecilia seu Scytale. Seb. 2. t,21,f. 4. 

 Abdominal scales l65, subcaudal 32. 



This, according to Seba's figure quoted by 

 Linnaeus, appears so nearly allied to the common 

 Slow- Worm that it might almost be considered as 

 the same animal, differing in the want of the dor- 

 sal streaks, and in having the whole upper surface 

 freckled with minute deep-brown specks, the tip 

 of each scale being of that colour : it is a native 

 of the East Indies. 



PAINTED SLOW-WORM. 



Anguis Scytale. A.fuha,fasciis alternis nigris. 



Fulvous Slow-Worm, with alternate black bands. 



Anguis Scytale. Lin. Syst. Nat. j), 923. Mus, Ad, Frid, p, 



21. t. 6.f. 2. 

 Merian Surin. t. 69. 

 Abdominal scales 240, subcaudal 13. 



The Painted Slow- Worm is a species of singu- 

 lar beauty : its general length is about a foot and 

 half or two feet, and its diameter moderate in 



