AMfHiBiA. SEFlPENTS. 7. Boa. 673 
2. Plates of the belly 174; of the tail 22. 
3 * Plates of the belly 163 — 170; of the tail 20 — 2g. 
inhabits America; from to 4-' feet long; body mixed white 
and yellow with black rhombic I’pots, white on the dilk, 
3) with 2 black bands on the head and neCk ; is generally 
found under the trunks of fallen trees. 
Plates of the body 217; of the tail 34. 
Inhabits Surinam : is very large and has vaft fangs ; back 
with black rhombic concatenate fpots ; a black line behind 
the eyes ; inftead of a rattle is a quadruple row of very mi- 
nute fliarp leaks ; is probably not of this genus. 
7. BOA. Plates on the belly ; plates under 
the tail ; without a rattle. 
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A. Head imbricate, with Jcales, 
Plates of the belly 150 ; of the tail 40. 
Inhabits Carolina ; broad, back convex, cinereous with lateral 
round fpots ; has the poifonous bag, but not the fings ; ta:' 
half the length of the whole body. 
Plates of the belly 263 ; of the tail 77. 
Inhabits America ; frequently rolls itielf round trees ; bodjt 
green with tranfverfe white bands which are narrow, on the 
back only, and fomewhat broken near the middle ; belly 
white 5 is 4 feet long, and about as thick as the fmall of the 
arm. 
Plates of the belly 179 ; of the tail I20. 
Inhabits Stem.. 
Yellowifh with white ocellate fpots on the back. 
Plates of the belly about 240 ; of the tail 60. 
Inhabits India ; and warm parts of America. Beautifully va- 
riegated with rhombic fpots ; belly whitilb ; is of vafl; 
fttength and fize, meafuring Ibmetimes 1 2 yards long* and by 
twilling jtfelf round the bodies of deer, leopards and other 
larger quadrupeds, breaks the bones, and after covering them 
over with a flimy mucus gradually fwallows them. 
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