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DESCRIPTION OF 
The colour. The crown of the head, and upper parts of the body, appear uniformly 
of a bluish clay colour ; the belly of a tawny buff. 
No. V. 
COLUBER. 
Abdominal Scuta 135 
Sub-caudal Squama 73 
Called by the natives Dora. 
The head a little broader than the neck ; oblong, obtuse, compressed on the sides. 
The laminas between the nostrils small, conical, the next pair orbicular ; the middle 
lamina between the eyes oblong, acuminate, the lateral sub-conical, convex ; the semi- 
cordate pair well shaped, rather large. 
The mouth moderate size; a marginal row of teeth above; no fangs. Two front 
teeth in the lower jaw remarkably large. 
The eyes small, globular. The nostrils close to the rostrum, small. 
The trunk. The body round, regularly shaped ; the tail rather thick, tapering to a 
sharp point. The scales ovate ; on the back, in several series carinate, on other parts 
smooth. 
The length of the subject described two feet two inches; of the tail seven inches 
and a half. Circumference of the neck, one inch and a half; of the thickest part of the 
trunk two inches and a half. 
The colour. The head of a clay colour ; the body much darker, and variegated with 
dusky-yellowish spots. The scuta and squamae a yellowish- white. 
No. VI. 
ANGUIS. 
Squama Abdominales 323 
Squama Sub-caudales 46 
Called by the natives Kerril pattee. 
The head very small, oblong, obtuse, slightly convex on the crown, flattish on the 
sides. The principal laminae ten in number. The first, in front, trigonal, the point 
inserted between the next pair, which are oblong, square, and perforated by the 
nostrils ; next to these a sub-orbicular pair ; the central lamina of three between the 
