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DESCRIPTION OF 
The mouth small ; no fangs ; a marginal row of teeth above. The eyes not large, 
orbicular. 
The nostrils minute, but open. 
The trunk. The neck and body cylindrical ; the latter swelling a little about the middle, 
tapers towards the tail, which is thick and short, ending in a sharp point. 
The length, one foot one inch and three lines, of which the tail measures two inches 
and seven lines. 
The colour dark chesnut, intermixed on the upper part of the body, with waving 
whitish dotted lines, forming imperfect squares. The cheeks and rostrum light, and there 
is a collar of yellowish white round the neck. Along the centre of the back there are 
twelve larger white irregular-shaped dots, each surrounded by a black margin. The 
scute yellow : one half of every third or fourth scuta chequered with black. 
No. XXXV. 
COLUBER. 
JAVA. 
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Scuta 144. 
Squama 33; tail broken. 
The head oblong, ovate, a little broader than the neck. The first pair of laminae tri- 
gonal, the second pair larger, and roundish. The shield-form lamina completely regular, 
the lateral, narrow ; the semicordate pair large, with a white speck on each. 
The mouth rather large, without fangs. The eyes large, orbicular. The nostrils small, 
vertical. 
The trunk. The body swells and tapers inconsiderably ; the tail round, thick, taper, 
but had been broken. The scales oval, and some rows on the back very slightly carinated. 
The length , one foot four inches three lines. The broken tail measured three inches 
two lines. 
The colour. The head black, or very dark brown. The cheeks streaked with black. 
The trunk striped. Along the ridge of the back, to the end of the tail, runs a black thread, 
on each side of which are two parallel broad fillets ; the one, a mixed cinereous brown, 
the other black. The scute white, edged with brownish black, giving the appearance of 
so many cross bands ; but on the tail the bands are divided in the middle. 
