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SEBATSr SLOW-WORM. 

 Scytalae Americanse. Seb, 2. t. 2,f. 1, 2, 3, 4. 



A SMALL species, figured and slightly described 

 in the work of Seba : length about ten inches : 

 general proportions those of the common Slow- 

 Worm : colour very pale yellowish brown, thickly 

 speckled with pale blue, brown, and black spots : 

 head in some specimens reddish, in others blue : 

 nativ^e of South America. 



