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DESCRIPTION OF 
rounded ; the shield-form lamina broad, and short, the lateral remarkably slender ; the 
semi-cordate pair large, with several small laminae on the sides. 
The mouth moderate in size ; the teeth very slender ; the palatal teeth complete, 
but no marginal row, the fang on each side extremely small. The eyes on the side, 
distant, globular, small. The nostrils small, on the verge of the rostrum, distant from 
each other. 
The trunk cylindrical, swelling very moderately, from two inches behind the head 
to within four inches of the vent ; it then tapers to the tail, which is short, with a 
small point, but not sharp. The scales small, close, imbricate, ovate, but on the ridge 
of the back to the end of the tail there is a series of somewhat larger, orbicular, or 
rather hexangular scales ; all are smooth, and splendent. 
The length two feet three inches, of which the tail measures four inches two lines. 
The colour of the head and about one third of the upper part of the trunk a pale 
yellowish brown ; the rest a reddish brown, variegated with rings composed of pale or 
whitish short lines, rather than dots, intermixed with the brown scales. The abdomen 
white, with a yellowish cast, without spots. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
The present subject was received from Mr. John, of Tranquebar, and is clearly a 
variety of the Gedi Paragoodoo, No. I. of the Coromandel Collection, which by the 
Tamuls is named Kara Walalay. The present is distinguished on account of its colour, 
and called Brown Walalay. I never met with it in the Circars, nor with a Gedi Para- 
goodoo without rings, which Mr. John once saw. 
On the subject of the Gedi Paragoodoo, it may be proper to remark here that I have 
two specimens from Bombay of a size much larger than I met with in the Circars. 
The largest, Scuta Abdom. 
220 . 
Length 
3 feet 
1 1 inches. 
Scuta Subcaud. 
50 . 
Tail 
- 
5 inches 2 lines. 
Circumference 
- 
3 inches and half. 
The smallest, Scuta Abdom. 
221 . 
Length 
3 feet 
7 inches. 
Scuta Subcaud. 
52 . 
Tail 
- 
5 inches 5 lines. 
Both specimens, except the number of abdominal scuta, agreed exactly with the 
description formerly given of the Gedi Paragoodoo. 
