LYCODON GUTTATUS. 
commencement of the neck. Tail slender, and tapered to a sharp point. 
The front teeth of the maxillary row and of the lower jaw rather longer than 
the rest. Scales small, somewhat diamond-shaped, and disposed in oblique 
rows between the centre of the back and the abdominal plates ; on and ap- 
proaching the tail, they are much broader than they are towards the head, 
and not so regularly shaped. Behind the eye two scales, in front one, and 
anterior to the latter a very small frenal. Abdominal plates, 19b. Subcaudal 
scales, 72 in each row. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the point of the nose to the anus 13 0 
Length of the tail 3 6 
Circumference at the thickest point 1 6 
This snake, so far as I know, has not been found within the limits of the colony of 
the Cape of Good Hope, and the only specimens I acquired were obtained during the 
movements of the expedition party beyond Kurrichane, and were all found in rudely con- 
structed stone-walls. It was of a mild disposition, and scarcely attempted to escape when 
the fabric was demolished in which it was concealed. 
