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SPOTTED SLOW-WORM. 



Anguis Maculata. A, Jtam, tcenia dorsali alternato-fasciata 

 nigra. 



Yellow Slow- Worm, with an alternately-fasciated black dorsal 

 band. 



Anguis maculata. Lin. Syst. Nat, p. 391. Mus. Ad. Frid. 



p. 21. t. 21. f. 3. 

 Tucuman, &c. dicta Serpens ex Paraguaja. Seh. 2. t. 100./. 2. 

 Serpens Amphisbasna orientalis. Seb. 1. t. 53. f. 7- 

 Abdominal scales 200, subcaudal 12, 



Length about a foot and half or two feet: 

 thickness moderate : colour yellow or orange, with 

 a black dorsal line, on each side of which are nu- 

 merous, narrow, alternating, transverse bands of 

 the same colour, continued throughout the whole 

 length: the abdomen is traversed by less nume- 

 rous but broader bands of a dusky colour : na- 

 tive of South America. 



VAR. } 



With red instead of black variegations. 



V. nr. p. II. 



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