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DESCRIPTION OF 
No. XVII. 
BOA. 
Scuta Abdominalia 1931 
Scuta Subcaudalia 28 > 
Squama Subcaudales 
Called by the natives Manedulli Pamboo. 
This small serpent, though distinguished by a different name, is merely a young 
subject of the species last described. 
The length nine inches four lines ; of which the tail claims one inch two lines. 
The colour a coral red, with irregular black spots and patches on the sides, from the 
neck to the end of the tail. 
The present subject differs from the last in colour, in the number of subcaudal scuta, 
and in the shape of the tail. In this last respect I consider the present figure more 
correct, for reasons already assigned. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
The colour of the figure was copied from an Indian drawing coloured from life ; in 
the preserved specimen it had faded to a dusky white ; while the spots on the back 
and the tail, though changed to a pale brown, remained distinctly visible. 
No. XVIII. 
COLUBER. 
Scuta Abdomnalia 191 
Squama Subcaudales 136 
Called by the natives Sarey Pamboo. 
The head thicker and broader than the neck, oblong, obtuse, flattened on the sides. 
The first pair of laminae, which separate the nostrils, are round ; the next pair of the 
same shape, but twice as large ; the three between the eyes, broad ; the semicordate 
pair irregularly shaped, and truncate. 
